Song of Songs 2:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 My lover is like a gazelle[a]
or a young stag.
See! He is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattices.
Footnotes
- 2:9 Gazelle: a frequent motif in ancient poems from Mesopotamia.
Song of Songs 2:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 (A)Until the day grows cool[a] and the shadows flee,
roam, my lover,
Like a gazelle or a young stag
upon the rugged mountains.
Song of Songs 4:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 (A)Until the day grows cool
and the shadows flee,
I shall go to the mountain of myrrh,
to the hill of frankincense.[a]
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