KJV King James Version
As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 2:2
As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
WEB World English Bible
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
ASV American Standard Version
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
So is my friend among the daughters!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
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Cross-references
1 Peter 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.Philippians 2:15-16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Matthew 6:28-29And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.
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