Song of Solomon 4:5–6
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Your breasts are like fawns,
twins of a gazelle, grazing among the first spring flowers.
6–7The sweet, fragrant curves of your body,
the soft, spiced contours of your flesh
Invite me, and I come. I stay
until dawn breathes its light and night slips away.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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