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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 2:1 |
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. |
As a lily among the thorns, |
| 2:2 |
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. |
So `is' my friend among the daughters! |
| 2:3 |
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. |
| 2:4 |
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, |
| 2:5 |
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. |
| 2:6 |
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. |
| 2:7 |
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! |
| 2:8 |
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. |
| 2:9 |
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. |
| 2:10 |
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, |
| 2:11 |
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. |
| 2:12 |
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, |
| 2:13 |
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. |
| 2:14 |
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. |
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. |
| 2:15 |
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. |
| 2:16 |
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, |
| 2:17 |
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! |
