Font Size
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
New King James Version
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
New King James Version
The Shulamite
16 (A)My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.
(To Her Beloved)
17 (B)Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
And be (C)like a gazelle
Or a young stag
Upon the mountains of [a]Bether.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Lit. Separation
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
American Standard Version
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
American Standard Version
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his:
He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
17 [a]Until the day [b]be cool, and the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a [c]roe or a young hart
Upon the [d]mountains of [e]Bether.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, When the day is cool
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, break. Hebrew breathe.
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, gazelle
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, mountains of separation
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Perhaps, the spice malobathron
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?)