Song of Solomon 8:14

Modern

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

Traditional

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Literal

Flee, my beloved, and liken yourself to a gazelle, or to a young stag of the deer, on the mountains of spices.

Latin

Fuge, dilecte mi, et assimilare capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum super montes aromatum.

Hebrew

English

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

Come away, my beloved: She asks him to follow her, and he chases her as fast as a gazelle (see Song of Solomon 2:8–10).
mountains of spices: Compare Song of Solomon 4:6.

In the dramatic view, the wife's problem with the vineyard in Song of Solomon 1:6 is finally solved. She has collected the lease money from her vineyard in Baal-hamon, allowing her to pay Solomon and her hired workers.
If the passage is purely poetic, its main message is that love cannot be bought, even by a powerful king like Solomon.

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Revelation 22:20
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
Luke 19:12
So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Song of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Philippians 1:23
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.