Song of Solomon 2:9

7 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.

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.

10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

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

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BSB
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
KJV
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.
WEB
My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
ASV
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.
DARBY
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.
BLB
My beloved [is] being like to a gazelle, or to a young stag of the deer. Behold, this one is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.
ÅB
Min elskede ligner et rådyr eller en ung hjort. Se, der står han bak vår vegg; han kikker gjennom vinduene, gjennom gitteret ser han inn.
OTB
Min elskede ligner en gaselle eller en ung hjort. Se, han står bak vår vegg, Han ser ut gjennom vinduene, Han kikker gjennom gitteret.
B1930
Min elskede ligner et rådyr eller en ung hjort. Se, der står han bak vår vegg; han kikker gjennem vinduene, gjennem gitteret ser han inn.

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