Song of Songs 2:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    (my doue) out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall: O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce, for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    My doue, that art in the holes of ye rocke, in the secret places of the staires, shewe mee thy sight, let mee heare thy voyce: for thy voyce is sweete, and thy sight comely.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull, and come I say O my doue, out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall, O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce: for sweete is thy voyce, and fayre is thy face.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Dove in the Clefts of En GediThe Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 1:5 : 5 I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
  • Song 8:13 : 13 You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Exod 33:22-23 : 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
  • Ezra 9:5-6 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness, and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
  • Song 6:9-9 : 9 My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
  • Obad 1:3 : 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high; who says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
  • Matt 3:16 : 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, came up immediately out of the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him:
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Luke 8:47-48 : 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared to him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said to her, Daughter, be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace.
  • Eph 5:27 : 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  • Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight:
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
  • Rev 4:8-9 : 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
  • Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and languages, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those who escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his iniquity.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.
  • Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He had listened to my voice.
  • Ps 22:3 : 3 But You are holy, O You who inhabit the praises of Israel.
  • Ps 45:11 : 11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and you shall worship him.
  • Ps 50:14-15 : 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High: 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me: and to him who orders his conversation aright I will show the salvation of God.
  • Ps 68:13 : 13 Though you have lain among the pots, yet you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
  • Ps 74:19 : 19 O deliver not the soul of Your turtledove to the multitude of the wicked; forget not the congregation of Your poor forever.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Exod 4:11-13 : 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send.
  • Song 1:8 : 8 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
  • Song 1:15 : 15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.
  • Isa 2:21 : 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
  • Isa 60:8 : 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
  • Jer 48:28 : 28 You who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the holes' mouth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

    15Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.

    16Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant. Also, our bed is green.

  • Song 2:7-10
    4 verses
    80%

    7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    8The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

    10My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • Song 4:1
    80%

    1Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.

  • Song 2:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

    13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.

    14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.

  • Song 1:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

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  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.

  • Song 4:5-10
    6 verses
    77%

    5Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

    6Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

  • Song 7:6
    77%

    6How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

  • Song 2:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

    17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

    2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

  • Song 3:5
    75%

    5I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

  • Song 6:9
    74%

    9My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

  • Song 6:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

    5Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

  • Song 4:12
    73%

    12A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song 2:3
    73%

    3As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Song 8:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

    5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.

  • Song 1:4
    73%

    4Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 5:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

    9What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

  • Song 5:16
    73%

    16His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    16Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Song 1:2
    72%

    2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

  • Prov 5:19
    72%

    19Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.

  • Song 3:3
    72%

    3The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

  • Song 5:12
    72%

    12His eyes are like the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

  • Song 5:6
    72%

    6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.