Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

New American Standard Bible

Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the maidens.”

King James Version

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Holman Bible

M Like a lily among thorns,
so is my darling among the young women.

A Conservative Version

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

American Standard Version

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

Amplified

(The Bridegroom)
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”

Bible in Basic English

As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

Darby Translation

As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

Julia Smith Translation

As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.

King James 2000

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like a lily among the thorns, so [is] my love among the maidens.

Modern King James verseion

As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

NET Bible

The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.

New Heart English Bible

As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

The Emphasized Bible

HEAs a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!

Webster

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

World English Bible

As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved

Youngs Literal Translation

So is my friend among the daughters!

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As the lily
שׁושׁנּה שׁשׁן שׁושׁן שׁוּשׁן 
Shuwshan 
Usage: 15

חוח 
Chowach 
Usage: 11

so is my love
רעיה 
Ra`yah 
Usage: 9

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

Dialogue Between Maiden And Her Beloved

1 I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2 Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.


Cross References

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off."

Matthew 6:28-29

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,

Matthew 10:16

"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.

Philippians 2:15-16

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

1 Peter 2:12

Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.

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