Parallel Verses
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.
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 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 feeds among the lilies. 17 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 4:6
Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Song of Songs 2:8-9
The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Song of Songs 8:14
Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of spices.
Luke 1:78
through the tender mercy of our God; by which the Dayspring from on high has visited us,
Romans 13:12
The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Hebrews 8:5
who serve the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned of God when he was about to make the tabernacle. For, He says "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mountain."
Hebrews 10:1
For the Law which has a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, appearing year by year with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually, they are never able to perfect those drawing near.
2 Peter 1:19
We also have a more sure Word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Daystar arises in your hearts,