KJV King James Version
My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
WEB World English Bible
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
ASV American Standard Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My beloved is mine, and I am his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 6:3I [am] my beloved’s, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.Song of Solomon 7:10I [am] my beloved’s, and his desire [is] toward me.Jeremiah 31:33But 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.Psalm 48:14For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.Psalm 63:1A 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;Galatians 2:20I 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.1 Corinthians 3:21-23Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;Song of Solomon 1:7Tell 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?Song of Solomon 7:13The 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.Revelation 21:2-3And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Song of Solomon 2:1I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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