Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a (A)bird from the hand of the fowler.

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My beloved is like a (A)gazelle or a (B)young [a]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering (C)through the lattice.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:9 Lit of the stags

17 (A)Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a (B)gazelle
Or a young stag (C)on the mountains of [a]Bether.”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:17 Or ravines; or perfumes

The Groom

(A)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (B)gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

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The Bride

14 [a]Hurry, my beloved,
And be (A)like a gazelle or a young [b]stag
On the (B)mountains of balsam trees!”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:14 Lit Flee
  2. Song of Solomon 8:14 Lit of the stags

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