Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.
Song of Solomon 2:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The fig tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom, They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape Give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. American Standard Version (1901) The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Common English Bible The green fruit is on the fig tree, and the grapevines in bloom are fragrant. Rise up, my dearest, my fairest, and go. Catholic Public Domain Version For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come: |
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.
I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower.
I said, I will climb up into the palm tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples;
For afore the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches shall he take away and cut down.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree hath not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.
Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.