| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. | 1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. |
| 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. | 2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women. |
| 3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. | 3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. |
| 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. | 4Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love. |
| 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. | 5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. |
| 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. | 6His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. | 7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. |
| 8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. | 8Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. | 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. |
| 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. | 10My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. |
| 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; | 11See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. |
| 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; | 12Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. |
| 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. | 13The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." |
| 14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. | 14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. |
| 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. | 15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. |
| 16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. | 16My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies. |
| 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. | 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. |
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