The Groom

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

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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(B)

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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

My beloved is like a gazelle(A) or a young stag.(B)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.

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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

17 Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(A)
turn, my beloved,(B)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag(C)
    on the rugged hills.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether