Song of Solomon 2
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
2As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3As 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.
3As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.
4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
4He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.
5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
5'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'
6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
6Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand embrace me.
7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
7'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.'
8¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
8Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in through the windows, he peereth through the lattice.
10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
10My beloved spoke, and said unto me: 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
13The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'
15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
15'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.'
16¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
16My beloved is mine, and I am his, that feedeth among the lilies.
17Until 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.
17Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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