Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, 1 Turn, my kinsman, 1 Be thou like to a roe or young hart 1 On the mountains of the ravines.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

16My kinsman is mine, and I am his: 1 He feeds his flock among the lilies. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:19Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, 1 And let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; 1 For ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased. 1

Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, 1 I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, 1 And to the hill of frankincense. 1

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:15-17

The Love of the Church to Christ. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17 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… Read the whole commentary →

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