KJV King James Version
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
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Song of Solomon 2:11
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
WEB World English Bible
For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
ASV American Standard Version
For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away—it hath gone.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
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.
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Cross-references
Isaiah 60:1-2Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Isaiah 54:6-8For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Isaiah 40:2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.Revelation 11:14-15The second woe is past; [and], behold, the third woe cometh quickly.Isaiah 12:1-2And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
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