Woman

16 My love is mine and I am his;(A)
he feeds among the lilies.
17 Until the day breaks[a]
and the shadows flee,
turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag(B) on the divided mountains.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Lit breathes
  2. 2:17 Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices; Hb obscure

Poetic Refrain(s)

16 My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him;[a]
    he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
    turn, my beloved!
        Be like[b] a gazelle[c] or young stag[d] on the cleft mountains.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:16 Literally “My beloved for me and I for him”
  2. Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “Be like for you”
  3. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “a buck gazelle”
  4. Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “the fawn of the stag”
  5. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “the mountains of Bether”