KJV King James Version
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;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 2:12
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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
WEB World English Bible
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
ASV American Standard Version
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
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.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַנִּצָּנִים֙H5339 · nits.tsanflowerנִרְא֣וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeבָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetעֵ֥תH6256 · ettimeהַזָּמִ֖ירH2159 · za.mirbranchהִגִּ֑יעַH5060 · na.gato touchוְק֥וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceהַתּ֖וֹרH8449 · torturtledoveנִשְׁמַ֥עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Psalm 89:15Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.Psalm 148:7-13Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:Ephesians 1:13-14In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,Ephesians 5:18-20And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Romans 15:9-13And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.Psalm 40:1-3To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Hosea 14:5-7I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.Isaiah 35:1-2The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.Isaiah 42:10-12Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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