Bible VersionsNIVSong of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of Solomon 2:17
Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of Solomon 2:17 (New International Version)
Daughters 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.
My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
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