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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
New Living Translation
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
New Living Translation
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]
Footnotes
- 2:17 Or on the hills of Bether.
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