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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Song of Solomon 2</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//songs/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/songs/">Song</a> > Songs 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/1.htm" title="Song of Solomon 1">◄</a> Song of Solomon 2 <a href="../songs/3.htm" title="Song of Solomon 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/songs/2.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/songs/2.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/songs/2.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/songs/2.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Bride’s Admiration<p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I am a rose of Sharon,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> a lily of the valley. <A name="3"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like a lily among the thorns <p class="indent2"> is my darling among the maidens. <A name="4"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest <p class="indent2"> is my beloved among the young men. <p class="indent1"> I delight to sit in his shade, <p class="indent2"> and his fruit is sweet to my taste. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He has brought me to the house of wine,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and his banner over me is love. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Sustain me with raisins; <p class="indent2"> refresh me with apples, <p class="indent2"> for I am faint with love. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His left hand is under my head, <p class="indent2"> and his right arm embraces me. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you <p class="indent2"> by the gazelles and does of the field: <p class="indent1"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen! My beloved approaches. <p class="indent2"> Look! Here he comes, <p class="indent1"> leaping across the mountains, <p class="indent2"> bounding over the hills. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. <p class="indent2"> Look, he stands behind our wall, <p class="indent1"> gazing through the windows, <p class="indent2"> peering through the lattice. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved calls to me, <p class="indent2">“Arise, my darling. <p class="indent2"> Come away with me, my beautiful one. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For now the winter is past; <p class="indent2"> the rain is over and gone. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The flowers have appeared in the countryside; <p class="indent2"> the season of singing<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> has come, <p class="indent1"> and the cooing of turtledoves <p class="indent2"> is heard in our land. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fig tree ripens its figs; <p class="indent2"> the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. <p class="indent1"> Arise, come away, my darling; <p class="indent2"> come away with me, my beautiful one.” <A name="15"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>O my dove in the clefts of the rock, <p class="indent2"> in the crevices of the cliff, <p class="indent1"> let me see your face, <p class="indent2"> let me hear your voice; <p class="indent1"> for your voice is sweet, <p class="indent2"> and your countenance is lovely. <A name="16"></a><p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Catch for us the foxes—<p class="indent2"> the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—<p class="indent2"> for our vineyards are in bloom. <A name="17"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My beloved is mine and I am his; <p class="indent2"> he pastures his flock among the lilies. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Before the day breaks and shadows flee, <p class="indent2"> turn, my beloved, <p class="indent1"> and be like a gazelle <p class="indent2"> or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the banquet hall<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>pruning</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>the rugged mountains</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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