Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
I am a
rose of Sharon, A
lily of the valleys.
I am the
rose of Sharon, and
the
lily of the valleys.
As a
lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
As the
lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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.
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.
He brought me to the banqueting -
house, And his banner over me was love.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Stay ye
me with raisins
, refresh
me with apples ;
For I am sick from
love.
Stay me with flagons
, comfort
me with apples :
for I am sick of
love.
His left hand `
is '
under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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.
I 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.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh ,
Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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.
My 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.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past ;
The rain is over and gone;
For, lo, the winter is past ,
the rain is over and gone;
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;
The 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;
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.
The 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.
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.
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.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards;
For our vineyards
are
in
blossom
.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines:
for our vines
have
tender
grapes
.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth `his
flock'
among the lilies.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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.
Until 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.
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