KJV King James 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.
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Song of Solomon 2:17
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַ֤דH5704 · adtillשֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙H6315 · pu.achto breatheהַיּ֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayוְנָ֖סוּH5127 · nusto fleeהַצְּלָלִ֑יםH6752 · tse.lelshadowסֹב֩H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnדְּמֵה־H1819 · da.mahto resembleלְךָ֨H9031 · kayouדוֹדִ֜יH1730 · dodbelovedלִצְבִ֗יH6643 · tse.vibeautyא֛וֹH176 · oorלְעֹ֥פֶרH6082 · o.pherfawnהָאַיָּלִ֖יםH354 · ay.yaldeerעַל־H5921 · aluponהָ֥רֵיH2022 · harmountain: mountבָֽתֶר׃ סH1336 · be.tercleft
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.Song of Solomon 2:8-9The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Hebrews 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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