Song of Songs · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Song of Songs 2 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As a lily amongst thorns, so is my love amongst the daughters.
2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple tree amongst the trees of the wood, so is my beloved amongst the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
11 For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
11 For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
12 The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses amongst the lilies.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.
17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 14:5; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 35:1–2; Song of Songs 5:13; Song of Songs 6:3
- 2 1 Peter 2:12; Isaiah 55:13; Philippians 2:15–16; Matthew 6:28–29; Matthew 10:16
- 3 Song of Songs 8:5; Isaiah 32:2; Isaiah 25:4; Hebrews 1:1–6; Hebrews 12:2
- 4 Romans 8:28–39; John 15:9–15; Romans 5:8–10; Song of Songs 1:4; Revelation 3:20
- 5 Song of Songs 5:8; Hosea 3:1; 2 Samuel 6:19; Psalm 42:1–2; Luke 24:32
- 6 Isaiah 54:5–10; Zephaniah 3:17; Jeremiah 32:41; Song of Songs 8:3–5; John 3:29
- 7 Song of Songs 3:5; Song of Songs 8:4; Song of Songs 1:5; Song of Songs 5:8–9; Proverbs 5:19
- 8 John 10:27; Isaiah 52:7; Song of Songs 2:17; John 3:29; Revelation 3:20
- 9 Song of Songs 8:14; Song of Songs 2:17; Ephesians 2:14–15; Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1
- 10 Song of Songs 2:13; Song of Songs 4:7–8; Revelation 22:17; Psalm 45:10–11; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 11 Isaiah 60:1–2; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ephesians 5:8; Isaiah 54:6–8; Revelation 11:14–15
- 12 Isaiah 55:12; Psalm 89:15; Psalm 148:7–13; Jeremiah 8:7; Colossians 3:16
- 13 Song of Songs 2:10; Isaiah 55:10–11; Isaiah 61:11; Luke 13:6–7; 2 Corinthians 6:1–2
- 14 Ezra 9:5–6; Song of Songs 1:5; Song of Songs 5:2; Exodus 3:6; Song of Songs 8:13
- 15 Luke 13:32; 2 Peter 2:1–3; Song of Songs 7:12; Psalm 80:13; Ezekiel 13:4–16
- 16 Song of Songs 6:3; Song of Songs 7:10; Psalm 63:1; Psalm 48:14; Jeremiah 31:33
- 17 Song of Songs 4:6; 2 Peter 1:19; Romans 13:12; Luke 1:78; Hebrews 10:1
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… mother of the wicked,--until the anger of the Lord be overpast, whereof we also were once children who were sometimes darkness, the remains whereof we carry about us in our body, dead on account of sin, "until the day break and the shadows flee away." "Hope thou in the Lord." In the morning I shall stand in Thy presence, and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
In the same Canticles immediately before the words quoted He says, The winter is past, the rain is past and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the pruning is come.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… us in the dark image of the clouds, and through the glass of the heavens, not as it is; because we also, although we be the well-beloved of Thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. He looketh through the lattice of our flesh, and He is fair-speaking, and hath inflamed us, and we run after …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For by what other arrows was she stricken, who saith, "Bring me into the house of wine, place me among perfumes, crowd me among honey, for I have been wounded with love"? By what other arrows is he kindled, who, desirous of returning to God, and coming back from wandering, asketh for help against crafty tongues, and to whom it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)