Song of Solomon 2:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on the cleft mountains.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:19

a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.

Song of Solomon 2:7

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!

Song of Solomon 4:6

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hasten to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices!

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,

Romans 13:12

the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;

Hebrews 10:1

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.

Hebrews 8:5

They offer worship in a sanctuary that is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent. For, God said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.