Song of Solomon 2 · Verse 16

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:16, King James Version

Song of Solomon 2:16 in other translations

BSBMy beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
WEBMy beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
ASVMy beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
YLTMy beloved is mine, and I am his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
DARBYMy beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,
BBEMy loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
WebsterMy beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

What does Song of Solomon 2:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. mine ... his--rather, "is for me ... for Him" (Ho 3:3), where, as here, there is the assurance of indissoluble union, in spite of temporary absence. So 2:17, entreating Him to return, shows that He has gone, perhaps through her want of guarding against the "little sins" (So 2:15). The order of the clauses is reversed in So 6:3, when she is riper in faith: there she rests more on her being His; here, on His being hers; and no doubt her sense of love to Him is a pledge that she is His (Joh 14:21, 23; 1Co 8:3); this is her consolation in His withdrawal now. I am his--by creation (Psa 100:3), by redemption (Joh 17:10; Ro 14:8; 1Co 6:19). feedeth--as a "roe," or gazelle (So 2:17); instinct is sure to lead him back to his feeding ground, where the lilies abound. So Jesus Christ, though now withdrawn, the bride feels sure will return to His favorite resting-place (So 7:10; Psa 132:14). So hereafter (Re 21:3). Psa 45:1, title, terms his lovely bride's "lilies" [Hengstenberg] pure and white, though among thorns (So 2:2).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 My beloved is mine - The words of the bride on his entering: "I am thy own; thou art wholly mine." He feedeth among the lilies - The odor with which he is surrounded is as fine as if he passed the night among the sweetest scented flowers.

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…

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Song of Solomon 2:16 in the original Hebrew

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דּוֹדִ֥יdo.Dilover myH1730
לִי֙li[belongs] to me
וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589
ל֔וֹlo[belong] to him
הָרֹעֶ֖הha.ro.'Ehwho [is] grazingH7462
בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים\׃ba.sho.sha.Nimamong the liliesH7799

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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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
beloved.
6:3; 7:10,13; Ps 48:14; 63:1; Jer 31:33; 1Co 3:21-23; Ga 2:20
Re 21:2,3
he.
1; 1:7; 6:3

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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.

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Song of Solomon 2:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mi amado es mío, y yo suya; él apacienta entre lirios.
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,