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The American Standard Version of 1901

Song of Solomon 2

1

I am a 1 rose of 2 Sharon, A lily of the valleys. 1) Heb habazzeleth , the autumn crocus 2) Or the plain

2

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

3

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I 1 sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. 1) Heb delighted and sat down etc

4

He brought me to the 1 banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love. 1) Heb house of wine

5

Stay ye me with 1 raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. 1) Heb cakes of raisins

6

1 His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. 1) Or, Let his left hand be etc

7

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the 1 roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until 2 he please. 1) Or gazelles 2) Or it ; Or she

8

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

9

My beloved is like a 1 roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. 1) Or gazelle

10

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

11

For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;

12

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the 1 singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; 1) Or pruning of vines

13

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, 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

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 his flock among the lilies.

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1 Until the day 2 be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a 3 roe or a young hart Upon the 4 mountains of 5 Bether. 1) Or When the day is cool 2) Or break ; Heb breathe 3) Or gazelle 4) Or mountains of separation 5) Perhaps, the spice malobathron



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