Font Size
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Lexham English Bible
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Lexham English Bible
Poetic Refrain(s)
16 My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him;[a]
he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved!
Be like[b] a gazelle[c] or young stag[d] on the cleft mountains.[e]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:16 Literally “My beloved for me and I for him”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “Be like for you”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “a buck gazelle”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “the fawn of the stag”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “the mountains of Bether”
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Common English Bible
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Common English Bible
16 I belong to my lover and he belongs to me—
the one grazing among the lilies.
17 Before the day breeze blows
and the shadows flee,
turn about, my love; be like a gazelle
or a young stag
upon the jagged mountains.[a]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or upon the mountains of Bether; cf 8:14 mountains of spice
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software
Common English Bible (CEB)
Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible