KJV King James Version
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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Song of Solomon 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
WEB World English Bible
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
ASV American Standard Version
Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 8
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.
12 My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 2:17Until 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.Revelation 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.Song of Solomon 2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.Philippians 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: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.Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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