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Song of Solomon 2

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
As a lily among the thorns,
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters .
So ` is ' my friend 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 a citron among trees of the forest , So ` is ' my beloved among the sons , In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit `is' sweet to my palate .
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love .
He hath brought me in unto a house of wine , And his banner over me `is' love ,
Stay me with flagons , comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Sustain me with grape-cakes , Support me with citrons, for I ` am ' sick with 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 doth embrace me.
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 .
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please !
The voice of my beloved! behold , he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! lo , this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
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 ` is ' like to a roe , Or to a young one of the harts. Lo , this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love , my fair one, and come away .
My beloved hath answered and said to me, ` Rise up, my friend , my fair one, and come away ,
For , lo, the winter is past , the rain is over and gone ;
For lo, the winter hath passed by , The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone .
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 flowers have appeared in the earth , The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land ,
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.
The fig - tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance , Rise, come, my friend , my fair one, yea, come away.
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.
My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent , Cause me to see thine appearance , Cause me to hear thy voice , For thy voice `is' sweet , and thy appearance comely.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes .
Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards , Even our sweet-smelling vineyards .
My beloved is mine, and I am his : he feedeth among the lilies .
My beloved ` is ' mine, and I ` am ' his , Who is delighting among the lilies ,
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.
Till the day doth break forth , And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe , or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

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