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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 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">LSV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/songs/2-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As a lily among the thorns,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So [is] my friend among the daughters!<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As a citron among trees of the forest, "" So [is] my beloved among the sons, "" In his shade I delighted, and sat down, "" And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He has brought me to a house of wine, "" And his banner over me [is] love,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Sustain me with grape-cakes, "" Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His left hand [is] under my head, "" And his right embraces me.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, "" By the roes or by the does of the field, "" Do not stir up nor wake the love until she pleases!<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The voice of my beloved! Behold, this—he is coming, "" Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My beloved [is] like to a roe, "" Or to a young one of the harts. Behold, this—he is standing behind our wall, "" Looking from the windows, "" Blooming from the lattice.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved has answered and said to me, "" “Rise up, my friend, my beautiful one, and come away,<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For behold, the winter has passed by, "" The rain has passed away—it has gone.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The flowers have appeared in the earth, "" The time of the singing has come, "" And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fig tree has ripened her green figs, "" And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, "" Rise, come, my friend, my beautiful one, indeed, come away.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My dove, in clefts of the rock, "" In a secret place of the ascent, "" Cause me to see your appearance, "" Cause me to hear your voice, "" For your voice [is] sweet, and your appearance lovely.”<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Seize for us foxes, "" Little foxes—destroyers of vineyards, "" Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, "" Who is delighting among the lilies,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Until the day breaks forth, "" And the shadows have fled away, "" Turn, be like, my beloved, "" To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, "" On the mountains of separation!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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