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.
Song of Solomon 8:14 - Revised Version 1885 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe Or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Joyfully the radiant bride turned to him, the one altogether lovely, the chief among ten thousand to her soul, and with unconcealed eagerness to begin her life of sweet companionship with him, she answered] Make haste, my beloved, and come quickly, like a gazelle or a young hart [and take me to our waiting home] upon the mountains of spices! American Standard Version (1901) Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. Common English Bible “Take flight, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spice!” Catholic Public Domain Version Bride to Groom: Your friends are attentive to those who have been dwelling in the gardens. Cause me to heed your voice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices. |
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.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awaken love, until it please.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in at the windows, He sheweth himself through the lattice.
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
He which testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.