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  2:1 ¶
I am a flower of the plain, 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 companion among the daughters. |
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 among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat. |
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
Bring me into the wine house; set love before me. |
2:4
He broughtºº
me toº
the banquetingº
house,º
and his bannerº
overº
me [was] love.º |
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2:5
Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I [am] wounded with love. |
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 shall be] under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. |
2:6
His left handº
[is] underº
my head,º
and his right handº
doth embraceºº
me. |
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2:7
I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake [my] love, until he please. |
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 kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
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 kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel{gr.Baethel}: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices. |
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 kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove. |
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, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed. |
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 are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land. |
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 has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come. |
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 ¶
[Thou art] my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful. |
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 little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes. |
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 kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds [his flock] among the lilies. |
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 dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines. |
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 |
