The Song of Solomon 2
- 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- 3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
- 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- 5Sustain me with jars of wine, comfort me with apples. For I am sick with love.
- 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
- 7I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the deer, and by the does of the field, that you do not stir up, or awake my love, till he please.
- 8The voice of my beloved! He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
- 9My beloved is like a deer or a young stag. He stands behind our wall, he looks out at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
- 10My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- 11For the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
- 12The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- 13The fig tree puts out her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- 14O my dove, who are in the cracks of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for sweet is your voice, and your face is beautiful.
- 15Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vines. For our vines have tender grapes.
- 16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.
- 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a deer or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of The Song of Solomon 2 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVStay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
GIGAKJVSustain me with jars of wine, comfort me with apples. For I am sick with love.
KJVHis left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
GIGAKJVHis left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the deer, and by the does of the field, that you do not stir up, or awake my love, till he please.
KJVThe voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
GIGAKJVThe voice of my beloved! He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
KJVMy beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
GIGAKJVMy beloved is like a deer or a young stag. He stands behind our wall, he looks out at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
KJVMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
GIGAKJVMy beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
KJVFor, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
GIGAKJVFor the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
KJVThe flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
GIGAKJVThe flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
KJVThe fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
GIGAKJVThe fig tree puts out her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
KJVO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
GIGAKJVO my dove, who are in the cracks of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for sweet is your voice, and your face is beautiful.
KJVTake us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
GIGAKJVCatch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vines. For our vines have tender grapes.
KJVMy beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
GIGAKJVMy beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.
KJVUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
GIGAKJVUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a deer or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
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