Song of Solomon 2
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
2Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
3As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
3Like an apricot 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.
4He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
5Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
6His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the, fields, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
8The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.
8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
10My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
11For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:
12The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
13The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:
13The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
15Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.
15Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.
16My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,
16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
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