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Song of Solomon 2:7

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7I vadjure you,3 O wdaughters of Jerusalem,

by xthe gazelles or the does of the field,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

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Footnotes

  1. 3That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song

Cross references

  1. vch. 3:5; 5:8, 9; 8:4
  2. wSee ch. 1:5
  3. xSee ver. 9

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and by the does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.

NLTNew Living Translation

Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,

by the gazelles and wild deer,

not to awaken love until the time is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,

by the gazelles or by the does of the field,

do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.