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Song of Solomon 2

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley .
I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys .
2
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens .
As a lily among thorns , So is my love among the daughters .
3
Like 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.
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.
4
He has brought me to the house of wine , and his banner over me is love.
He brought me to the banqueting- house, And his banner over me was love.
5
Sustain me with raisins ; refresh me with apples , for I am faint with love.
Stay ye me with raisins , refresh me with apples ; For I am sick from love.
6
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
His left hand ` is ' under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
7
O 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 .
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 .
8
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look ! Here he comes , leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh , Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look , he stands behind our wall , gazing through the windows , peering through the lattice.
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.
10
My beloved calls to me, “Arise , my darling. Come away with me , my beautiful one.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up , my love , my fair one , and come away .
11
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone .
For , lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone ;
12
The flowers have appeared in the countryside ; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves 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-dove is heard in our land ;
13
The fig tree ripens its figs ; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me , my beautiful one. ”
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 .
14
O 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 .
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 .
15
Catch for us the foxes — the little foxes that ruin the vineyards — for our vineyards are in bloom .
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 pastures his flock among the lilies.
My beloved is mine , and I am his : He feedeth ` his flock ' among the lilies.
17
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
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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