# Song of Solomon 2.4-7 **Book:** [Song of Solomon](/codex/song-of-solomon/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 2. As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. 3. As 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. > > **4. He brought me to the banqueting - house, And his banner over me was love. 5. Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. 6. His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. 7. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.** > > 8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. 9. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:2-9, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 2. As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3. As 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, his fruit was sweet to my taste. > > **4. He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love. 5. Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love. 6. His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me. 7. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.** > > 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. 9. My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:2-9, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3. As 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. I sat: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc taste: Heb. palate > > **4. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. banqueting: Heb. house of wine 5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. comfort: Heb. straw me with apples 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7. 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. I charge: Heb. I adjure you** > > 8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9. My 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. shewing: Heb. flourishing (Song of Solomon 2:2-9, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 2. So [is] my friend among the daughters! 3. As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate. > > **4. He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love, 5. Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love. 6. His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me. 7. I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!** > > 8. The voice of my beloved! lo, this, he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. 9. My beloved [is] like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this, he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:2-9, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [David and Jonathan Relationship Objection Defeater](/codex/david-and-jonathan-relationship-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.