| International Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys. | 1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. |
| 2Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. | 2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women. |
| 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 apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved 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. | 4Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love. |
| 5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love. | 5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. |
| 6I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me! | 6His left arm 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! | 7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. |
| 8The voice of my beloved! Look! He's coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. | 8Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across 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 beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands 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 beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. |
| 11Look! Winter is past. The rain is over and gone. | 11See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. |
| 12Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. | 12Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves 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 forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." |
| 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 hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. |
| 15Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom." | 15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. |
| 16My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies. | 16My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses 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. | 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. |
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