Song of Solomon 2:7
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 3:5
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.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:8–9
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Read in contextProverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Read in contextEphesians 5:22–33
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:9
My 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.
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