16 (A)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
    he (B)grazes[a] among the lilies.
17 Until (C)the day breathes
    and (D)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like (E)a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:16 Or he pastures his flock
  2. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or mountains of Bether

Young Woman

16 My lover is mine, and I am his.
    He browses among the lilies.
17 Before the dawn breezes blow
    and the night shadows flee,
return to me, my love, like a gazelle
    or a young stag on the rugged mountains.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Or on the hills of Bether.