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Song of Solomon 4:5–6

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5Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle,j that feed among the lilies.

6Until the day breaksE

and the shadows flee,k

I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh

and the hill of frankincense.l

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Footnotes

  1. E breathes

Cross references

  1. jSg 7:3
  2. kSg 2:17
  3. lSg 3:6; 4:14

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle,

that graze among the lilies.

Until the day breathes

and the shadows flee,

I will go away to the mountain of myrrh

and the hill of frankincense.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle

that browse among the lilies.

Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee,

I will go to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of incense.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Before the dawn breezes blow

and the night shadows flee,

I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of frankincense.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,

I will go to the mountain of the myrrh,

to the hill of the frankincense.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins,

Which feed among the lilies.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,

I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.