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Song of Solomon 2:7

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7Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me 

by the gazelles 

or by the does in the field 

that you will not awaken love 

or arouse love before its proper time. 

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  1. [Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

by the gazelles or the does of the field,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

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.