Scripture Text: Song of Solomon 2:7 (22a, page 178)
Verse 7
I want you to promise me, O young women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and by the does of the field,
not to arouse, not to awaken love until love pleases to awaken.
Below are some selections from other versions.
Verse 7
[He said] I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field [which are free to follow their own instincts] that you not try to stir up or awaken [my] love until it pleases. AMP
Verse 7
Stir not up nor wake the love till she please! YLT
Verse 7
that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.ESV
7 Verse
Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe–and you’re ready MSG
Verse 7
not to awaken love until the time is right. NLT Or not to awaken love until it is ready.
Verse 7
promise me by the power of deer and gazelles never to awaken love
before it is ready CEV
comments attached to the translation
deer and gazelles: Deer and gazelles were sacred animals in some religions of Old Testament times, and they were thought to have special powers. CEV
Verse 7
Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases. NKJV
Verse 7
that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please. KJ21
Verse 7
that you do not arouse or stir up love until it is pleased FRU
Verse 7
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. ASV
Verse 7
Don’t stir up love. Don’t wake it up until it’s ready. NIRV
Verse 7
I want you to promise me, O young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, not to arouse, not to awaken love until love pleases to awaken. GLK
In the previous verse she is talking about being faint with love. Is she now saying, Do what I say, not what I do. This isn’t good for you, but it is all right if I do it?
No, I don’t thing that is what she is saying. I think she is becoming very excited mentally and she is trying to hold herself back physically and mentally. She is giving the girls a warning that she is also giving to herself. Watch out. It is easy to get excited and jump into the physical and emotional pool of love. It is way harder to reverse that and get out.
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