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Song of Songs 2 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:1

Sng 2:1 -

I am a wildflower[fn] of Sharon,

a lily[fn] of the valleys.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:2

Sng 2:2 -

Like a lily among thorns,

so is my darling among the young women.

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Like an apricot[fn] tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my love among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:4

Sng 2:4 -

He brought me to the banquet hall,[fn]

and he looked on me with love.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:5

Sng 2:5 -

Sustain me with raisins;

refresh me with apricots,[fn]

for I am lovesick.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:6

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May his left hand be under my head,

and his right arm embrace me.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Sng 2:7 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:8

Sng 2:8 -

Listen! My love is approaching.

Look! Here he comes,

leaping over the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:9

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My love is like a gazelle

or a young stag.

See, he is standing behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:10

Sng 2:10 -

My love calls to me:

Arise, my darling.

Come away, my beautiful one.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Sng 2:11 -

For now the winter is past;

the rain has ended and gone away.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:12

Sng 2:12 -

The blossoms appear in the countryside.

The time of singing[fn] has come,

and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:13

Sng 2:13 -

The fig tree ripens its figs;

the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.

Arise, my darling.

Come away, my beautiful one.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

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My dove, in the clefts of the rock,

in the crevices of the cliff,

let me see your face,[fn]

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:15

Sng 2:15 -

Catch the foxes for us —

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —

for our vineyards are in bloom.

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My love is mine and I am his;

he feeds among the lilies.

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:17

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Until the day breaks[fn]

and the shadows flee,

turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle

or a young stag on the divided mountains.[fn]

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CSB Footnotes

Traditionally rose

Or lotus

Or apple

Lit the house of wine

(2:4)

Or and his banner over me is love

(2:5)

Or apples

(2:7)

Lit until it pleases

(2:12)

Or pruning

(2:14)

Or form

(2:14)

The speaker could be the woman, the man, or both.

(2:17)

Lit breathes

(2:17)

Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices ; Hb obscure

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