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Song of Solomon 2:9

World English Bible

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.

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Song of Solomon 2:9 in other translations

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 2:9 · American Standard Version

Song of Solomon 2:9 in context

  1. 7I 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.
  2. 8The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
    leaping on the mountains,
    skipping on the hills.
  3. 9My 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.
  4. 10My beloved spoke, and said to me,
    “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
  5. 11For behold, the winter is past.
    The rain is over and gone.