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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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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