Song of Songs 2:17
Until 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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Until the day{H3117} be cool,{H6315} and the shadows{H6752} flee away,{H5127} Turn,{H5437} my beloved,{H1730} and be thou like{H1819} a roe{H6643} or a young{H6082} hart{H354} Upon the mountains{H2022} of Bether.{H1336}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Until the day{H3117} break{H6315}{(H8799)}, and the shadows{H6752} flee away{H5127}{(H8804)}, turn{H5437}{(H8798)}, my beloved{H1730}, and be thou like{H1819}{(H8798)} a roe{H6643} or a young{H6082} hart{H354} upon the mountains{H2022} of Bether{H1336}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
vntill the daye breake, and till the shadowes be gone. Come agayne preuely (o my beloued) like as a Roo or a yonge harte vnto the mountaynes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Vntil the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: returne, my welbeloued, and be like a roe, or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Bether.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Come agayne O my beloued, and be lyke as a roe or a young hart vpon the wyde mountaines.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!
American Standard Version (1901)
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.
American Standard Version (1901)
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
World English Bible (2000)
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Gazelle and the Rugged MountainsThe Beloved to Her Lover: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved– be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.
Referenced Verses
- Song 4:6 : 6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
- Song 8:14 : 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.
- Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us,
- Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- Heb 8:5 : 5 Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.
- Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.
- 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts:
- Song 2:8-9 : 8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My 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.
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5 Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.
8 Come 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.
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13 You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.
14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.
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8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My 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.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'
11 For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
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7 Tell 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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15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.
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6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!
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3 Your two breasts are like two young gazelles that are twins.