Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageCome away, my beloved — be swift as a gazelle, like a young stag racing over the mountains of spice!
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFlee, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices!
KJV
King James VersionMake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleCome away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Footnotes
בְּרַח (b'rach) is the imperative of ברח — literally 'flee!' — a verb of urgent, swift departure used elsewhere for escape from danger; it is far more forceful than a gentle invitation. F.O.G preserves this raw directness; F.O.G Message renders it as 'come away' for the softer covenantal invitation it echoes (cf. 2:10, 13). The book closes on this unresolved note of desire: the beloved is summoned but not yet arrived, love perpetually reaching toward what it has not yet fully grasped — mirroring the posture of all covenant longing between Yahweh and His people, ever-straining toward final union.
