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Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/songs/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/songs/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/songs/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/songs/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/songs/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of balsam trees!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/songs/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/songs/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<,>Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/songs/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/songs/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Hurry, my beloved <i>and</i> come quickly, Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home] On the mountains of spices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/songs/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Run away with me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/songs/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hurry to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/songs/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/songs/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Hurry to me, my darling! Run faster than a deer to mountains of spices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/songs/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/songs/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Come away quickly, my beloved. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/songs/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Come to me, my lover, like a gazelle, like a young stag on the mountains where spices grow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/songs/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/songs/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/songs/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/songs/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Come away, my beloved. Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/songs/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/songs/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/songs/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/songs/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/songs/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Flee, my beloved, and be it likened to thee to the roe or to the fawn of the hinds upon the mountains of spices.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/songs/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/songs/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><font color=#0000CC>Flee away, my beloved, and become like the doe and the young stag upon the mountains of aromatic plants.</font><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/songs/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Swiftly, my lover, be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/songs/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/songs/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/songs/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Return my beloved! Be like a roe or a fawn of a hart on the mountains of spices!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/songs/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/songs/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/songs/8-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9D_QEk8ZdxU?start=1219" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/songs/8.htm">Longing for Her Beloved</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it! <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1272.htm" title="1272: bə·raḥ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go through, flee. A primitive root; to bolt, i.e. Figuratively, to flee suddenly.">Come away,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1730.htm" title="1730: dō·w·ḏî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Or dod; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle.">my beloved,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1819.htm" title="1819: ū·ḏə·mêh- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To be like, resemble. A primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.">and be like</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6643.htm" title="6643: liṣ·ḇî (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Splendor, a gazelle. From tsabah in the sense of prominence; splendor; also a gazelle.">a gazelle</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/6082.htm" title="6082: lə·‘ō·p̄er (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A young hart, stag. From aphar; a fawn.">a young</a> <a href="/hebrew/354.htm" title="354: hā·’ay·yā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A hart, stag, deer. An intensive form of 'ayil; a stag or male deer.">stag</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rê (N-mpc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/1314.htm" title="1314: ḇə·śā·mîm (N-mp) -- Spice, balsam, the balsam tree. Or bosem; from the same as basam; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant.">of spices.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-20.htm">Revelation 22:20</a></span><br />He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Isaiah 62:11</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-6.htm">Matthew 25:6</a></span><br />At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-3.htm">John 14:3</a></span><br />And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-11.htm">Revelation 3:11</a></span><br />I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a></span><br />For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7-8</a></span><br />Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a></span><br />But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-12.htm">2 Peter 3:12</a></span><br />as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37</a></span><br />For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm">Isaiah 40:10</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-1.htm">Malachi 3:1</a></span><br />“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/45-4.htm">Psalm 45:4</a></span><br />In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-4.htm">Isaiah 35:4</a></span><br />Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a></span><br />Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices.</p><p class="hdg">make haste</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/2-17.htm">Song of Solomon 2:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Luke 19:12</a></b></br> He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a></b></br> For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/8-13.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/songs/7-3.htm">Gazelle</a> <a href="/songs/2-17.htm">Hart</a> <a href="/songs/2-9.htm">Harts</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-20.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/songs/8-12.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/songs/4-8.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/songs/2-8.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/songs/8-13.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/songs/6-2.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/songs/2-17.htm">Stag</a> <a href="/songs/8-8.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Gazelle</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Hart</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-6.htm">Harts</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Stag</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Song of Solomon 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/8-1.htm">The love of the church to Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm">The vehemence of love</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm">The calling of the Gentiles</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm">the church prays for Christ's coming</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/songs/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/songs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/songs/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Come away, my beloved</b><br>This phrase is a call to intimacy and union, reflecting the deep love and desire between the bride and her beloved. In the context of the Song of Solomon, it symbolizes the longing for closeness and the fulfillment of love. Theologically, it can be seen as an invitation from Christ to the Church, His bride, to draw near to Him. This echoes the call in <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a>, where the Spirit and the bride say, "Come." The invitation to "come away" suggests leaving behind distractions and entering into a deeper relationship.<p><b>and be like a gazelle or a young stag</b><br>The imagery of a gazelle or a young stag is often used in the Song of Solomon to depict swiftness, grace, and beauty. These animals are known for their agility and ability to navigate difficult terrain, symbolizing the beloved's ability to overcome obstacles to be with the bride. In a spiritual sense, this can represent Christ's readiness and eagerness to come to His people. The gazelle and stag are also symbols of vitality and strength, qualities attributed to the beloved, reflecting the vigor and passion of true love.<p><b>on the mountains of spices</b><br>The "mountains of spices" evoke a sense of abundance, richness, and delight. In the ancient Near Eastern context, spices were valuable and often associated with wealth and luxury. This imagery suggests a place of beauty and pleasure, a fitting setting for the consummation of love. Spiritually, it can be seen as a metaphor for the heavenly realms or the ultimate fulfillment of love in the presence of God. The mountains may also symbolize challenges or heights to be reached, indicating that true love involves both effort and reward. The reference to spices connects to the anointing and fragrance associated with Christ, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/12-3.htm">John 12:3</a>, where Mary anoints Jesus with costly perfume.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_beloved.htm">The Beloved</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse is the Shulammite woman, who represents the bride in the Song of Solomon. She is calling to her beloved, who symbolizes her husband or, allegorically, Christ in the Christian tradition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gazelle_or_young_stag.htm">The Gazelle or Young Stag</a></b><br>These animals are often used in biblical poetry to symbolize swiftness, beauty, and vitality. They represent the beloved's desirable and vigorous nature.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_of_spices.htm">Mountains of Spices</a></b><br>This imagery evokes a place of beauty, fragrance, and abundance. It symbolizes a place of intimacy and delight, possibly representing the consummation of love or spiritual communion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/intimacy_in_marriage.htm">Intimacy in Marriage</a></b><br>This verse highlights the importance of pursuing and maintaining intimacy in marriage. Just as the Shulammite calls her beloved, couples should actively seek closeness and connection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_yearning.htm">Spiritual Yearning</a></b><br>The call to "come away" can also be seen as a metaphor for our spiritual journey. Believers are invited to pursue a deeper relationship with Christ, seeking Him with the same eagerness and passion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/beauty_and_vitality_in_relationships.htm">Beauty and Vitality in Relationships</a></b><br>The imagery of the gazelle and stag reminds us of the beauty and vitality that should characterize our relationships, both marital and spiritual.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pursuit_of_holiness.htm">The Pursuit of Holiness</a></b><br>The "mountains of spices" can symbolize the pursuit of holiness and the sweet aroma of a life lived in obedience to God. Believers are called to ascend these mountains in their spiritual walk.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_song_of_solomon_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Song of Solomon 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_song_8_fit_with_bible_themes.htm">How do we reconcile the seemingly romantic and intimate focus of Song of Solomon 8 with the broader religious themes typical of other Bible texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_song_8_5_align_with_patriarchy.htm">How does Song of Solomon 8:5, which suggests a strong marital bond, align with biblical texts that portray marriage in more patriarchal terms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_findings_support_song_of_solomon_8_2-4.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that corroborate the cultural practices alluded to in Song of Solomon 8:2-4, or are these references purely poetic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_should_you_weep_or_laugh.htm">What is calamus in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/songs/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Make haste, my beloved.</span>--<a href="/songs/8-14.htm" title="Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices.">Song of Solomon 8:14</a> recalls the answer made at last to the sighs. It repeats the metaphor of <a href="/songs/2-17.htm" title="Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.">Song of Solomon 2:17</a>, where we see that the Authorised Version, <span class= "ital">make haste, </span>is more correct than the margin. Thus the poem ends with two short verses that compress into them all that has been over and over again related under different figures: the wooing and the wedding of two happy souls.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/songs/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.</span> This is a snatch of the old love songs which the bride used to sing when love was fresh and young. She sings it now at the request of her bridegroom himself, and in the delighted ears of her companions. She goes forth from among, them leaning on her beloved, to rejoice in the beautiful scenery and rural pleasures with him whose presence heightens every joy, the life of her life, the soul of her soul, "all her salvation, all her desire." The bridegroom and the bride are seen disappearing together over the flowery hills; and the music of the Song of Songs dies away in the sweet fragrance of that closing scene; the vision of love has, gazelle-like, leapt from point to point, and vanishes away at last among the mountains of spices. It is well to notice that what were before "mountains of Berber," that is, of "separation," are now "mountains of Besamin" - balsam mountains. There is no more word of separation. Henceforth the only note is one of peaceful enjoyment. "<span class="accented">My beloved is mine, and I am his."</span> Our home and haunt is the same. The concluding words, we cannot doubt, are intended to open a perfect future to the eye. Yet the poet, with consummate art, connects that future with the past and the present by the voice of the bride heard singing the love song with which she first expressed her love, now lifted up into anticipation of the everlasting hills of fragrant and joyful life. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/songs/8-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Come away,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרַ֣ח ׀</span> <span class="translit">(bə·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1272.htm">Strong's 1272: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bolt, to flee suddenly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my beloved,</span><br /><span class="heb">דּוֹדִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(dō·w·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1730.htm">Strong's 1730: </a> </span><span class="str2">To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and be like</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽדְמֵה־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḏə·mêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1819.htm">Strong's 1819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To compare, to resemble, liken, consider</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a gazelle</span><br /><span class="heb">לִצְבִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(liṣ·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6643.htm">Strong's 6643: </a> </span><span class="str2">Splendor, a gazelle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֚וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a young stag</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֹ֣פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ō·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6082.htm">Strong's 6082: </a> </span><span class="str2">A young hart, stag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of spices.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְשָׂמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·śā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1314.htm">Strong's 1314: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Solomon 8:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/songs/8-14.htm">OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 8:14 Come away my beloved! 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