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Beloved

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his.
    He browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away,
    turn, my beloved,
    and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, When the day is cool
  2. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, break. Hebrew breathe.
  3. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, gazelle
  4. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, mountains of separation
  5. Song of Solomon 2:17 Perhaps, the spice malobathron