| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. | 1I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys. |
| 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. | 2Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. |
| 3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. | 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. |
| 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. | 4He has brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. |
| 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. | 5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love. |
| 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. | 6I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me! |
| 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. | 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! |
| 8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. | 8The voice of my beloved! Look! He's coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. | 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. |
| 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. | 10My beloved spoke to me: "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on. |
| 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; | 11Look! Winter is past. The rain is over and gone. |
| 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; | 12Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. |
| 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. | 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. |
| 14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. | 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. |
| 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. | 15Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom." |
| 16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. | 16My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies. |
| 17Until 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. | 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. |
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