Protestantism
English
¶Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.1
- Make…: Heb. Flee away
Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roe, or to the yong harte vpon ye mountaines of spices.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Run, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Flee, my beloved! ⌞Be like a gazelle⌟1 or ⌞a young stag⌟2 upon ⌞the perfumed mountains⌟!3
- Literally “and be like for you to a gazelle”
- Literally “to the fawn of the stag”
- Literally “the mountains of spices”
Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of spices.
Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Fly, my beloved! like a gazelle, or a young hind, Upon the mountains of spices.
¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.1
- Make…: Heb. Flee away.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
[SHE] Come quickly, my beloved, and resemble thou a gazelle, or a young stag, upon the mountains of balsam-trees.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.1
- Make...: Heb. Flee away
Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Catholicism
English
Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices.
The Song of Songs of Solomon
Bride to Groom: Your friends are attentive to those who have been dwelling in the gardens. Cause me to heed your voice.1 Flee away, my beloved, and become like the doe and the young stag upon the mountains of aromatic plants.2
- 8:14The subject, ‘Quae,’ is accusative plural feminine and the verb, ‘habitas,’ is the accusative plural feminine of the perfect passive participle, so the phrase ‘quae habitas in hortis’ is the object of the verb. The verb ‘auscultant’ takes an accusative object, not a dative one, despite the English phrasing of ‘listen to’ or ‘be attentive to.’ The groom’s friends (masculine plural, so these are the groom’s friends) are attentive to those maidens who have been spending time in the gardens. This is the bride speaking because she is commenting on what the groom said in the previous verse. +After the Return of Christ, the Church will dwell amid gardens, and the friends of Christ, the Blessed in Heaven, will be attentive to the Church on earth. The Church asks Christ to cause Her to heed his voice, and as a result, God’s will is done on earth as in Heaven.(Conte)
- 8:15The bride asks him to leave again, for now, knowing that they will soon enough be united forever. +Christ establishes His kingdom on earth, then He ascends to Heaven again, leaving the whole world in the keeping of the Church, which is now fully mature and which now fills the whole world.(Conte)