Song of Solomon 2:7

5 Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

8 Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
KJV
I 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.
WEB
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
ASV
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
DARBY
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
BLB
I adjure you⁺, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field—do not arouse or awaken love, until it pleases.
ÅB
Jeg ber dere inderlig, dere Jerusalems døtre, ved rådyrene eller ved hindene på marken, at dere ikke vekker og ikke egger kjærligheten, før den selv vil!
OTB
Jeg besverger dere, Dere Jerusalems døtre, Ved gasellene eller ved hindene på marken, At dere ikke vekker eller oppvekker kjærligheten Før den selv vil.
B1930
Jeg ber eder inderlig, I Jerusalems døtre, ved rådyrene eller ved hindene på marken, at I ikke vekker og ikke egger kjærligheten, før den selv vil!

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