KJV King James Version
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
WEB World English Bible
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
ASV American Standard Version
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes—destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
Surrounding context — 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;
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
Luke 13:32And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be perfected.2 Peter 2:1-3But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.Song of Solomon 7:12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.Psalm 80:13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.Ezekiel 13:4-16O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.Song of Solomon 2:13The 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.Revelation 2:2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
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