Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
New American Standard Bible
So is
King James Version
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Holman Bible
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!
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:2
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.
Phrases
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.