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Song of Songs 2:16-17
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16 My beloved is mine and I am his;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)
17 Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(C)
turn, my beloved,(D)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag(E)
    on the rugged hills.[a](F)

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  1. Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether
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Song of Solomon 2:16-17
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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”
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