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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/songs/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am a rose<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus">a</a></sup></span> of Sharon,</span><br /><span class="indent">a lily of the valleys.</span></p> <subheading class="speaker">He</subheading><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As a lily among brambles,</span><br /><span class="indent">so is my love among the young women.</span></p> <subheading class="speaker">She</subheading><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,</span><br /><span class="indent">so is my beloved among the young men.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">With great delight I sat in his shadow,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his fruit was sweet to my taste.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He brought me to the banqueting house,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the house of wine">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and his banner over me was love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sustain me with raisins;</span><br /><span class="indent">refresh me with apples,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I am sick with love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His left hand is under my head,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his right hand embraces me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I adjure you,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song">c</a></sup></span> O daughters of Jerusalem,</span><br /><span class="indent">by the gazelles or the does of the field,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that you not stir up or awaken love</span><br /><span class="indent">until it pleases.</span></p> <p class="heading">The Bride Adores Her Beloved</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The voice of my beloved!</span><br /><span class="indent">Behold, he comes,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">leaping over the mountains,</span><br /><span class="indent">bounding over the hills.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My beloved is like a gazelle</span><br /><span class="indent">or a young stag.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Behold, there he stands</span><br /><span class="indent">behind our wall,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">gazing through the windows,</span><br /><span class="indent">looking through the lattice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My beloved speaks and says to me:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,</span><br /><span class="indent">and come away,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for behold, the winter is past;</span><br /><span class="indent">the rain is over and gone.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The flowers appear on the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">the time of singing<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or pruning">d</a></sup></span> has come,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the voice of the turtledove</span><br /><span class="indent">is heard in our land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The fig tree ripens its figs,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the vines are in blossom;</span><br /><span class="indent">they give forth fragrance.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Arise, my love, my beautiful one,</span><br /><span class="indent">and come away.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the crannies of the cliff,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">let me see your face,</span><br /><span class="indent">let me hear your voice,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for your voice is sweet,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your face is lovely.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Catch the foxes<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or jackals">e</a></sup></span> for us,</span><br /><span class="indent">the little foxes</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that spoil the vineyards,</span><br /><span class="indent">for our vineyards are in blossom.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My beloved is mine, and I am his;</span><br /><span class="indent">he grazes<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or he pastures his flock">f</a></sup></span> among the lilies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Until the day breathes</span><br /><span class="indent">and the shadows flee,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle</span><br /><span class="indent">or a young stag on cleft mountains.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or mountains of Bether">g</a></sup></span></span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> house of wine</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> That is, <span class="catch-word">I</span> put you on oath; so throughout the Song<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>pruning</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>jackals</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">he</span> pastures his flock</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>mountains of Bether</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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