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  2:1 ¶
I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. |
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2:1 ¶
Iº
[am] the roseº
of Sharon,º
[and] the lilyº
of the valleys.º |
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2:2
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. |
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2:2
As the lilyº
amongº
thorns,º
soº
[is] my loveº
amongº
the daughters.º |
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2:3
As 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. |
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2:3
As the apple treeº
among the treesº
of the wood,º
soº
[is] my belovedº
amongº
the sons.º
I satºº
downº
under his shadowº
with great delight,ºº
and his fruitº
[was] sweetº
to my taste.º |
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2:4
He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love. |
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2:4
He broughtºº
me toº
the banquetingº
house,º
and his bannerº
overº
me [was] love.º |
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2:5
Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. |
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2:5
Stayºº
me with flagons,º
comfortºº
me with apples:º
forº
Iº
[am] sickºº
of love.º |
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2:6
His left hand [is] under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. |
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2:6
His left handº
[is] underº
my head,º
and his right handº
doth embraceºº
me. |
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2:7
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please. |
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2:7
I chargeºº
you, O ye daughtersº
of Jerusalem,º
by the roes,º
andº
by the hindsº
of the field,º
that ye stir not up,ººº
norº
awakeººº
[my] love,º
till he please.ººº |
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2:8 ¶
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. |
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2:8 ¶
The voiceº
of my beloved!º
behold,º
heº
comethºº
leapingºº
uponº
the mountains,º
skippingºº
uponº
the hills.º |
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2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. |
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2:9
My belovedº
is likeºº
a roeº
orº
a youngº
hart:º
behold,º
heº
standethºº
behindº
our wall,º
he looketh forthºº
atº
the windows,º
shewingºº
himselfº
throughº
the lattice.º |
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2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. |
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2:10
My belovedº
spake,ºº
and saidºº
unto me, Rise up,ºº
my love,º
my fair one,º
and come away.ººº |
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2:11
For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone; |
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2:11
For,º
lo,º
the winterº
is past,ºº
the rainº
is overºº
[and] gone;ºº |
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2:12
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing [of birds] is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; |
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2:12
The flowersº
appearºº
on the earth;º
the timeº
of the singingº
[of birds] is come,ºº
and the voiceº
of the turtleº
is heardºº
in our land;º |
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2:13
The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. |
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2:13
The fig treeº
putteth forthºº
her green figs,º
and the vinesº
[with] the tender grapeº
giveºº
a [good] smell.º
Arise,ºº
my love,º
my fair one,º
and come away.ººº |
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2:14 ¶
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. |
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2:14 ¶
O my dove,º
[that art] in the cleftsº
of the rock,º
in the secretº
[places] of the stairs,º
let me seeººº
thy countenance,º
let me hearººº
thy voice;º
forº
sweetº
[is] thy voice,º
and thy countenanceº
[is] comely.º |
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2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. |
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2:15
Takeºº
us the foxes,º
the littleº
foxes,º
that spoilºº
the vines:º
for our vinesº
[have] tender grapes.º |
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2:16 ¶
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies. |
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2:16 ¶
My belovedº
[is] mine, and Iº
[am] his: he feedethºº
among the lilies.º |
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2:17
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether. |
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2:17
Untilº
the dayºº
break,ºº
and the shadowsº
flee away,ºº
turn,ºº
my beloved,º
and be thou likeºº
a roeº
orº
a youngº
hartº
uponº
the mountainsº
of Bether.º |
