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Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Contemporary English Version

She Speaks:

16 My darling, I am yours,
    and you are mine,
as you feed your sheep
    among the lilies.
17 Pretend to be a young deer
dancing on mountain slopes[a]
    until daylight comes
    and shadows fade away.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.17 mountain slopes: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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