Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:16 in other translations
| BSB | My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. |
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| WEB | My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies. |
| ASV | My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies. |
| YLT | My beloved is mine, and I am his, Who is delighting among the lilies, |
| DARBY | My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies, |
| BBE | My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers. |
| Webster | My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. |
What does Song of Solomon 2:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:14-17
The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him, as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck at by the birds of prey. Christ calls her to come boldly to the throne of grace, having a great High Priest there, to tell what her request is. Speak freely, fear not a slight or a repulse. The voice of prayer is sweet and…
Song of Solomon 2:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Song of Solomon 2:16
- Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 7:10
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
- Psalms 63:1
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Song of Solomon 7:13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
- Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
- Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Revelation 21:2-3
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- Song of Solomon 2:1
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
- Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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Context
- Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
- Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Song of Solomon 2:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mi amado es mío, y yo suya; él apacienta entre lirios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon bien-aimé est à moi, et je suis à lui, qui paît parmi les lis, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mein Geliebter ist mein, und ich bin sein, der unter den Lilien weidet. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia, |