New International Reader's Version

Song Of Solomon 2:12-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

12. Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season for singing has come. The cooing of doves is heard in our land.

13. The fig trees are producing their early fruit. The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell. Rise up and come, my love. Come with me, my beautiful one.' " The king says,

14. "You are like a dove in an opening in the rocks. You are like a dove in a hiding place on a mountainside. Show me your face. Let me hear your voice. Your voice is so sweet. Your face is so lovely.

15. Catch the foxes for us. Catch the little foxes. They destroy our vineyards. The vineyards are in bloom." The woman says,

16. "My love belongs to me, and I belong to him. Like an antelope, he eats among the lilies.