Thematic Bible: The roe


Thematic Bible



Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.


“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.


the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.

However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.


From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.


From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.


Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.


As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.


As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.


Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.


ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.


Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.