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border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I <i>am</i> the rose of Sharon, <i>and</i> the lily of the valleys.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5"> I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. M</span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">Solomon</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">As the lily among thorns, so <i>is</i> my love among the daughters.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. W</span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Bride</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so <i>is</i> my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit <i>was</i> sweet to my taste.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Like an apricot 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. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me <i>was</i> love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">He brought me to the banquet hall, and he looked on me with love. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am lovesick.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I <i>am</i> sick of love.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">His left hand <i>is</i> under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake <i>my</i> love, till he please.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">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. </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Bride's Adoration</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills!</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Listen! My love is approaching. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"My beloved responded and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">My love calls to me: M Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over <i>and</i> gone;</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing <i>of birds</i> is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing has come, and the turtledove's cooing is heard in our land. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines <i>with</i> the tender grape give a <i>good</i> smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one. </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">Solomon</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your form is lovely."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext4">O my dove, <i>that art</i> in the clefts of the rock, in the secret <i>places</i> of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet <i>is</i> thy voice, and thy countenance <i>is</i> comely.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext5">My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. (W)</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines <i>have</i> tender grapes.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Catch the foxes for us-- the little foxes that ruin the vineyards-- for our vineyards are in bloom. W</span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Bride</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/songs/2.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext4">My beloved <i>is</i> mine, and I <i>am</i> his: he feedeth among the lilies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext5">My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the divided mountains. </span></td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>.<br /><br />ESV® Text Edition® (2016): The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv" target="_top">Crossway Bibles</a>.<br /><br />New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960 - 1995 by <a href="http://www.lockman.org" target="_top">The Lockman Foundation</a>.<br /><br />Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by <a href="http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/" target="_top">Holman Bible Publishers</a>.<br /><br />King James Bible Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a> © 2012, Used by Permission.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../songs/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>