Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Turn, my beloved, and be like a
Or a young stag
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.
Holman Bible
and the shadows flee,
turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
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International Standard Version
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn around, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].”
Cross references:
Song of Solomon 2:6 : Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20
Song of Solomon 2:8 : John 10:27
Song of Solomon 2:16 : Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12
end of crossrefs
Bible in Basic English
Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
Darby Translation
Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.
Julia Smith Translation
Until the day shall breathe and the shadows fled away, turn, thou, it being likened to thee, my beloved, to the roe, or to the fawn of the hind upon the mountains of section.
King James 2000
Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved! {Be like} a gazelle or {young stag} on the cleft mountains.
Modern King James verseion
Until when does the day blow, and the shadows flee away? Turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of Bether.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
until the day break, and till the shadows be gone. Come again privily, O my beloved, like as a Roe or a young hart unto the mountains.
NET Bible
The Beloved to Her Lover: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved -- be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.
New Heart English Bible
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
The Emphasized Bible
Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, Again, liken thyself, my beloved, to a gazelle, or to a young stag, upon the cleft mountains. ****
Webster
Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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.
Youngs 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!
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Poetic Refrain(S)
16
My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
17
Turn, my beloved, and be like a
Or a young stag
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 4:6
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
Song of Songs 2:8-9
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Song of Songs 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Luke 1:78
because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit usfrom on high
Romans 13:12
The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Hebrews 8:5
They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."
Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
2 Peter 1:19
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,