New American Standard Bible 1995

Song of Songs 2:9-17

9My beloved is like a 1gazelle or a 2young 3stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering 4through the lattice.

10“My beloved responded and said to me, ‘5Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.11For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.12The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for 6pruning the vines, And the voice of the 7turtledove has been heard in our land.13The 8fig tree has ripened its figs, And the 9vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!’”

14“10O 11my dove, 12in the clefts of the 13rock, In the secret place of the steep 14pathway, Let me see your 15form, 16Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your 17form is 18lovely.”

15“19 20Catch the foxes for us, The 21little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our 22vineyards are in blossom.”

16“23 24My beloved is mine, and I am his; He 25pastures his flock among the lilies.17 26Until 27the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a 28gazelle Or a young stag 29on the mountains of 30Bether.”

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Notes

1. Song of Songs 2:9 Prov 6:5; Song 2:17; 3:5; 8:14 ↩
2. Song of Songs 2:9 Song 2:17; 8:14 ↩
3. Song of Songs 2:9 Lit of the stags ↩
4. Song of Songs 2:9 Judg 5:28 ↩
5. Song of Songs 2:10 Song 2:13 ↩
6. Song of Songs 2:12 Or singing ↩
7. Song of Songs 2:12 Gen 15:9; Ps 74:19; Jer 8:7 ↩
8. Song of Songs 2:13 Matt 24:32 ↩
9. Song of Songs 2:13 Song 7:12 ↩
10. Song of Songs 2:14 BRIDEGROOM ↩
11. Song of Songs 2:14 Song 5:2; 6:9 ↩
12. Song of Songs 2:14 Jer 48:28 ↩
13. Song of Songs 2:14 Or crag ↩
14. Song of Songs 2:14 Or cliff ↩
15. Song of Songs 2:14 Lit appearance ↩
16. Song of Songs 2:14 Song 8:13 ↩
17. Song of Songs 2:14 Lit appearance ↩
18. Song of Songs 2:14 Song 1:5 ↩
19. Song of Songs 2:15 CHORUS ↩
20. Song of Songs 2:15 Ezek 13:4; Luke 13:32 ↩
21. Song of Songs 2:15 Or young ↩
22. Song of Songs 2:15 Song 2:13 ↩
23. Song of Songs 2:16 BRIDE ↩
24. Song of Songs 2:16 Song 6:3; 7:10 ↩
25. Song of Songs 2:16 Song 4:5; 6:2, 3 ↩
26. Song of Songs 2:17 Song 4:6 ↩
27. Song of Songs 2:17 Lit the day blows ↩
28. Song of Songs 2:17 Song 2:9 ↩
29. Song of Songs 2:17 Song 2:8 ↩
30. Song of Songs 2:17 Or cleavage or a kind of spice ↩

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