Song of Songs 2:9

World English Bible (2000)

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 8:14 : 14 Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
  • Song 2:17 : 17 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.
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
  • Luke 24:35 : 35 They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
  • John 5:39 : 39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
  • John 5:46 : 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
  • John 12:41 : 41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
  • 2 Cor 3:13-18 : 13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away. 14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • Eph 2:14-15 : 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
  • Col 2:17 : 17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing; 9 which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
  • Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. 12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."

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    7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

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

  • Song 2:16-17
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    16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

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  • Song 8:13-14
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    13 You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved

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    13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." Lover

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  • Song 1:13-16
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    13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover

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  • Song 7:10-12
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    10 I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.

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  • Song 5:1-2
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    1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

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  • Song 6:1-5
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    1 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved

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    3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,

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

    5 Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.

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    9 How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved

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    4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

    5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

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    2 I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

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    4 I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.

    5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

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    4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

  • Song 4:5-9
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    5 Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.

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

    7 You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

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    1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

  • Song 5:15-16
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    15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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

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    7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

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    9 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

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    3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.

  • Prov 7:6
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    6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

  • Prov 5:19
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    19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.