Cross references

Song of Solomon 2:17

Before the day breaks and shadows flee,

turn, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

Song of Solomon 2:17 BSB
  1. a Or the rugged mountains

Song of Solomon 2:17 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Song of Solomon 4:6 (5 votes) and Song of Solomon 2:8–9 (2 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 32 to 2 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Song of Solomon 2:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

  2. Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

  3. Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

  4. Luke 1:782 votes

    because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

  5. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

  6. The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

  7. For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

  8. We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Which verses point to Song of Solomon 2:17?

The 10 strongest of 11.