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Song of Songs 2:16-17
Modern English Version
Song of Songs 2:16-17
Modern English Version
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his;
he feeds his flock among the lilies.
17 Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the cleft mountains.[a]
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 2:17 Or mountains of Bether.
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Lexham English Bible
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Lexham English Bible
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]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:16 Literally “My beloved for me and I for him”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “Be like for you”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “a buck gazelle”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “the fawn of the stag”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “the mountains of Bether”
Modern English Version (MEV)
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