Song of Solomon 2 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Bride: <font color=#0000CC>I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.</font> I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 Groom: <font color=#CC0000>Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.</font> As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.</font> As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. Like 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.
4 <font color=#0000CC>He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.</font> He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5 <font color=#0000CC>Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.</font> Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 <font color=#0000CC>His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.</font> His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me! His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 Groom to Chorus: <font color=#CC0000>I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.</font> I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. Daughters 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.
8 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.</font> The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 <font color=#0000CC>My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag.</font> <V 2:10><font color=#0000CC>Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.</font> My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10 <font color=#0000CC>Lo, my beloved speaks to me:</font> <V 2:12>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.</font> My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
11 <font color=#CC0000>For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.</font> for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
12 <font color=#CC0000>The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.</font> The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
13 <font color=#CC0000>The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance.</font> The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”
14 <font color=#CC0000>My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.</font> O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. My 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.
15 Chorus to Groom and Bride: <font color=#008800>Capture for us the little foxes, which are tearing down the vines; for our vineyard has flourished.</font> Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
16 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies, until the day rises and the shadows decline.</font> My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
17 Bride to Groom: <font color=#0000CC>Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.</font> Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains. Until 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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