| International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys. | 1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. |
| 2Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. | 2Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens. |
| 3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. | 3Like an apricot 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. |
| 4He has brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. | 4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love. |
| 5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love. | 5Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. |
| 6I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me! | 6His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 7Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time! | 7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. |
| 8The voice of my beloved! Look! He's coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. | 8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, gazing through the lattice. | 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. |
| 10My beloved spoke to me: "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on. | 10My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one. |
| 11Look! Winter is past. The rain is over and gone. | 11For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. |
| 12Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. | 12The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. |
| 13The fig tree has produced its fruit, the grapevines have blossomed and exude their fragrance. "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on. | 13The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.” |
| 14My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely. | 14O 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 countenance is lovely. |
| 15Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom." | 15Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom. |
| 16My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies. | 16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. |
| 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn around, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains. | 17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether. |
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