| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys. | 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. M |
| 2Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. | 2Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. W |
| 3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. | 3Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. |
| 4He has brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. | 4He brought me to the banquet hall, and he looked on me with love. |
| 5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love. | 5Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick. |
| 6I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me! | 6His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 7Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time! | 7Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. |
| 8The voice of my beloved! Look! He's coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. | 8Listen! My love is approaching. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, gazing through the lattice. | 9My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. |
| 10My beloved spoke to me: "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on. | 10My love calls to me: M Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one. |
| 11Look! Winter is past. The rain is over and gone. | 11For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away. |
| 12Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. | 12The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing has come, and the turtledove's cooing is heard in our land. |
| 13The fig tree has produced its fruit, the grapevines have blossomed and exude their fragrance. "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on. | 13The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one. |
| 14My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely. | 14My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. (W) |
| 15Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom." | 15Catch the foxes for us-- the little foxes that ruin the vineyards-- for our vineyards are in bloom. W |
| 16My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies. | 16My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies. |
| 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn around, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains. | 17Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the divided mountains. |
|
