Parallel Verses
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Holman Bible
he feeds among the lilies.
International Standard Version
My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies.
A Conservative Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.
American Standard Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
Bible in Basic English
My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
Darby Translation
My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,
Julia Smith Translation
My beloved to me, and I to him: he feeding among the lilies.
King James 2000
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Modern King James verseion
My Beloved is mine, and I am His; He feeds among the lilies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies,
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
New Heart English Bible
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
The Emphasized Bible
SHEMy beloved, is, mine, and, I, am, his, he that pastureth among lilies!
Webster
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
World English Bible
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Youngs Literal Translation
My beloved is mine, and I am his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:16
Images Song of Solomon 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Poetic Refrain(S)
15
(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].”
Cross references:
Song of Solomon 2:6 : Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20
Song of Solomon 2:8 : John 10:27
Song of Solomon 2:16 : Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12
end of crossrefs
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:3
“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”
Song of Songs 7:10
(The Shulammite Bride)
Gliding gently over his lips while he sleeps.
“I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.
Song of Songs 4:5
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.
Psalm 48:14
For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.
Psalm 63:1
My
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Song of Songs 1:7
“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your companions?”
Song of Songs 2:1
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”
Song of Songs 7:13
“The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
And over our doors are all [kinds of] choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
So let no one boast in men [about their wisdom, or of having this or that one as a leader]. For all things are yours,
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Revelation 21:2-3
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;