The Beloved

13 You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice—
(A)Let me hear it!

The Shulamite

14 (B)Make[a] haste, my beloved,
And (C)be like a gazelle
Or a young stag
On the mountains of spices.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:14 Hurry, lit. Flee

Closing Words of Mutual Love

13 O you who dwell in the garden,
    my companions are listening to your voice.
        Let me hear it!
14 Flee, my beloved!
    Be like a gazelle[a] or a young stag[b]
        upon the perfumed mountains![c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:14 Literally “and be like for you to a gazelle”
  2. Song of Solomon 8:14 Literally “to the fawn of the stag”
  3. Song of Solomon 8:14 Literally “the mountains of spices”