Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains. New Living Translation Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. English Standard Version Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Berean Standard Bible Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. King James Bible Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. New King James Version Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices. New American Standard Bible “Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of balsam trees!” NASB 1995 “Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.” NASB 1977 “<,>Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.” Legacy Standard Bible “Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.” Amplified Bible “Hurry, my beloved and come quickly, Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home] On the mountains of spices.” Christian Standard Bible Run away with me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hurry to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. American Standard Version Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. Contemporary English Version Hurry to me, my darling! Run faster than a deer to mountains of spices. English Revised Version Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. GOD'S WORD® Translation Come away quickly, my beloved. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Good News Translation Come to me, my lover, like a gazelle, like a young stag on the mountains where spices grow. International Standard Version Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Majority Standard Bible Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. NET Bible Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. New Heart English Bible Come away, my beloved. Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Webster's Bible Translation Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices. World English Bible Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionOr to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices! Young's Literal Translation Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices! Smith's Literal Translation Flee, my beloved, and be it likened to thee to the roe or to the fawn of the hinds upon the mountains of spices. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFlee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices. Catholic Public Domain Version Flee away, my beloved, and become like the doe and the young stag upon the mountains of aromatic plants. New American Bible Swiftly, my lover, be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices. New Revised Standard Version Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMake haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Return my beloved! Be like a roe or a fawn of a hart on the mountains of spices! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. Brenton Septuagint Translation Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Longing for Her Beloved…13You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it! 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. Cross References Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.” Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am. Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. James 5:7-8 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. 2 Peter 3:12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. Hebrews 10:37 For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. Isaiah 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him. Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts. Psalm 45:4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds. Isaiah 35:4 Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.” Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Treasury of Scripture Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices. make haste Song of Solomon 2:17 Until 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. Luke 19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Jump to Previous Beloved Gazelle Hart Harts Haste Hurry Lover Mountains Quickly Roe Spices Stag YoungJump to Next Beloved Gazelle Hart Harts Haste Hurry Lover Mountains Quickly Roe Spices Stag YoungSong of Solomon 8 1. The love of the church to Christ6. The vehemence of love 8. The calling of the Gentiles 14. the church prays for Christ's coming Come away The phrase "Come away" is an invitation, a call to action and movement. In the Hebrew, the word used here can imply a sense of urgency or longing. This reflects the deep desire of the bride for her beloved to join her. In a spiritual context, it can be seen as the soul's yearning for communion with God, urging believers to leave behind worldly distractions and draw closer to divine presence. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern tradition of lovers seeking solitude in nature, away from the constraints of society. my beloved and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices Persons / Places / Events 1. The BelovedThe speaker in this verse is the Shulammite woman, who represents the bride in the Song of Solomon. She is calling to her beloved, who symbolizes her husband or, allegorically, Christ in the Christian tradition. 2. The Gazelle or Young Stag These animals are often used in biblical poetry to symbolize swiftness, beauty, and vitality. They represent the beloved's desirable and vigorous nature. 3. Mountains of Spices This imagery evokes a place of beauty, fragrance, and abundance. It symbolizes a place of intimacy and delight, possibly representing the consummation of love or spiritual communion. Teaching Points Intimacy in MarriageThis verse highlights the importance of pursuing and maintaining intimacy in marriage. Just as the Shulammite calls her beloved, couples should actively seek closeness and connection. Spiritual Yearning The call to "come away" can also be seen as a metaphor for our spiritual journey. Believers are invited to pursue a deeper relationship with Christ, seeking Him with the same eagerness and passion. Beauty and Vitality in Relationships The imagery of the gazelle and stag reminds us of the beauty and vitality that should characterize our relationships, both marital and spiritual. The Pursuit of Holiness The "mountains of spices" can symbolize the pursuit of holiness and the sweet aroma of a life lived in obedience to God. Believers are called to ascend these mountains in their spiritual walk.(14) Make haste, my beloved.--Song of Solomon 8:14 recalls the answer made at last to the sighs. It repeats the metaphor of Song of Solomon 2:17, where we see that the Authorised Version, make haste, is more correct than the margin. Thus the poem ends with two short verses that compress into them all that has been over and over again related under different figures: the wooing and the wedding of two happy souls.Verse 14. - Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. This is a snatch of the old love songs which the bride used to sing when love was fresh and young. She sings it now at the request of her bridegroom himself, and in the delighted ears of her companions. She goes forth from among, them leaning on her beloved, to rejoice in the beautiful scenery and rural pleasures with him whose presence heightens every joy, the life of her life, the soul of her soul, "all her salvation, all her desire." The bridegroom and the bride are seen disappearing together over the flowery hills; and the music of the Song of Songs dies away in the sweet fragrance of that closing scene; the vision of love has, gazelle-like, leapt from point to point, and vanishes away at last among the mountains of spices. It is well to notice that what were before "mountains of Berber," that is, of "separation," are now "mountains of Besamin" - balsam mountains. There is no more word of separation. Henceforth the only note is one of peaceful enjoyment. "My beloved is mine, and I am his." Our home and haunt is the same. The concluding words, we cannot doubt, are intended to open a perfect future to the eye. Yet the poet, with consummate art, connects that future with the past and the present by the voice of the bride heard singing the love song with which she first expressed her love, now lifted up into anticipation of the everlasting hills of fragrant and joyful life.
Hebrew Come away,בְּרַ֣ח ׀ (bə·raḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly my beloved, דּוֹדִ֗י (dō·w·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle and be like וּֽדְמֵה־ (ū·ḏə·mêh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider a gazelle לִצְבִי֙ (liṣ·ḇî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle or א֚וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if a young stag לְעֹ֣פֶר (lə·‘ō·p̄er) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6082: A young hart, stag on עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mountains הָרֵ֥י (hā·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of spices. בְשָׂמִֽים׃ (ḇə·śā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant Links Song of Solomon 8:14 NIVSong of Solomon 8:14 NLT Song of Solomon 8:14 ESV Song of Solomon 8:14 NASB Song of Solomon 8:14 KJV Song of Solomon 8:14 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 8:14 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 8:14 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 8:14 French Bible Song of Solomon 8:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 8:14 Come away my beloved! (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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