The Beloved

Like a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the daughters.

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He

Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.

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10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.

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

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13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away!

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13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;(A)
    the blossoming(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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The Bridegroom Praises the Bride

The Beloved

Behold, (A)you are fair, my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.
Your hair is like a (B)flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.

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He

How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil(A) are doves.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.(C)

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Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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(A)You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.

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You are altogether beautiful,(A) my darling;
    there is no flaw(B) in you.

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Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

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14 (A)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

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14 You are my friends(A) if you do what I command.(B)

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14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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