Song Of Songs 2
NIRV — New International Reader's Version Bible (NIRV)
AMP — Amplified Bible (AMP)
Verse 1
“I am like a rose on the coast of Sharon.
I’m like a lily in the valleys.”
I’m like a lily in the valleys.”
The king says
“I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”
(The Bridegroom)
Verse 2
“My love, among the young women
you are like a lily among thorns.”
you are like a lily among thorns.”
The woman says
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
Verse 3
“My love, among the young men
you are like an apple tree among the trees of the forest.
I’m happy to sit in your shade.
Your fruit tastes so sweet to me.
you are like an apple tree among the trees of the forest.
I’m happy to sit in your shade.
Your fruit tastes so sweet to me.
“Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men!
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet and delicious to my palate.
Verse 4
Lead me to the dinner hall.
Let your banner of love be lifted high above me.
Let your banner of love be lifted high above me.
“He has brought me to his banqueting place,
And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].
Verse 5
Give me some raisins to make me strong.
Give me some apples to make me feel like new again.
Our love has made me weak.
Give me some apples to make me feel like new again.
Our love has made me weak.
“Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples,
Because I am sick with love.
Verse 6
Your left arm is under my head.
Your right arm is around me.
Your right arm is around me.
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
(The Bridegroom)
Verse 7
Women of Jerusalem, make me a promise.
Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses.
Don’t stir up love.
Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.
Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses.
Don’t stir up love.
Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.
“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],
That you do not rouse nor awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
Verse 8
“Listen! I hear my love!
Look! Here he comes!
He’s leaping across the mountains.
He’s coming over the hills.
Look! Here he comes!
He’s leaping across the mountains.
He’s coming over the hills.
“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping and running on the hills!
Verse 9
The one who loves me is like an antelope or a young deer.
Look! There he stands behind our wall.
He’s gazing through the window.
He’s peering through the screen.
Look! There he stands behind our wall.
He’s gazing through the window.
He’s peering through the screen.
“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is gazing through the lattice.
Verse 10
He said to me, ‘Rise up, my love.
Come with me, my beautiful one.
Come with me, my beautiful one.
“My beloved speaks and says to me,
‘Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
Verse 11
Look! The winter is past.
The rains are over and gone.
The rains are over and gone.
‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
Verse 12
Flowers are appearing on the earth.
The season for singing has come.
The cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
The season for singing has come.
The cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
‘The flowers appear on the earth once again;
The time for singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Verse 13
The fig trees are producing their early fruit.
The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell.
Rise up and come, my love.
Come with me, my beautiful one.’ ”
The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell.
Rise up and come, my love.
Come with me, my beautiful one.’ ”
The king says
‘The fig tree has budded and ripens her figs,
And the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away [to climb the rocky steps of the hillside].’”
(The Bridegroom)
Verse 14
“You are like a dove in an opening in the rocks.
You are like a dove in a hiding place on a mountainside.
Show me your face.
Let me hear your voice.
Your voice is so sweet.
Your face is so lovely.
You are like a dove in a hiding place on a mountainside.
Show me your face.
Let me hear your voice.
Your voice is so sweet.
Your face is so lovely.
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
(The Chorus)
Verse 15
Catch the foxes for us.
Catch the little foxes.
They destroy our vineyards.
The vineyards are in bloom.”
Catch the little foxes.
They destroy our vineyards.
The vineyards are in bloom.”
The woman says
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
Verse 16
“My love belongs to me, and I belong to him.
Like an antelope, he eats among the lilies.
Like an antelope, he eats among the lilies.
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
Verse 17
Until the day begins
and the shadows fade away,
turn to me, my love.
Be like an antelope
or like a young deer
on the rocky hills.
and the shadows fade away,
turn to me, my love.
Be like an antelope
or like a young deer
on the rocky hills.
“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].”