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Song of Solomon 2:17

Song of Solomon 2:17 is verse 17 of Song of Solomon chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

Or the rugged mountains

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King James Version

Until 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.

World English Bible

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.

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Song of Solomon 2:15–17 · Berean Standard Bible

15 Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.

16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

17 Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

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Hebrew words

עַ֤דuntil שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙that <it> will breathe הַיּ֔וֹםthe day וְנָ֖סוּand they will flee הַצְּלָלִ֑יםthe shadows סֹב֩turn דְּמֵהbe like לְךָ֨<for> yourself דוֹדִ֜יO lover my לִצְבִ֗י<to> a gazelle א֛וֹor לְעֹ֥פֶר<to> [the] fawn of הָאַיָּלִ֖יםthe deer<s>עַלon הָ֥רֵי[the] mountains of בָֽתֶרravine[s]

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Song of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

Luke 1:78
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

2 Peter 1:19
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 10:1
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

Song of Solomon 8:14
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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