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Contemporary English Version
Song of Solomon 2:2
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Like a lily among thorns,so is my darling among the young women.
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
He
As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women."Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the young women."
Among the young women, my darling is like a lily among thorns!
"Like the lily among the thorns, So are you, my darling, among the maidens."
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
Like a lilie amog the thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
"Like a lily among the thorns,So is my darling among the daughters."
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
[He]
Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the other women.As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
My darling, among other women, you are like a lily among thorns!
Like the lilies among thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.
The Man
Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women.Like a lily among the thorns, so is my love among the maidens.
As a lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.
as the rose amonge the thornes, so is my loue amonge the daughters.
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
As the lillie among the thornes: so is my loue among the daughters.
As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As a lilie among thornes, so is my frendesse among douytris.
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
The Lover to His Beloved:
Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Young Man
Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women."Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the young women."
As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
HEAs a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
So [is] my friend among the daughters!
The Man
A lotus blossoming in a swamp of weeds— that's my dear friend among the girls in the village."Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 55:13, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 6:29, Matthew 10:16, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16, 1 Peter 2:12
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:6 - thorns 2 Kings 14:9 - The thistle Psalms 45:11 - So shall Song of Solomon 1:9 - O my Song of Solomon 6:1 - O thou Song of Solomon 6:2 - and to Hosea 14:5 - he shall
Cross-References
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.
This day will always serve as a reminder, both to me and to the Israelites, that I made the heavens and the earth in six days, then on the seventh day I rested and relaxed.
but the seventh day of the week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your oxen or donkeys or any other animal, not even those foreigners who live in your towns. And don't make your slaves do any work.
But first, you must start respecting the Sabbath as a joyful day of worship. You must stop doing and saying whatever you please on this special day.
But Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working."
In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters. These are manifestly the words of Christ concerning his church, whom he calls "my love", :-; and was his love still, though in such company, and in such an uncomfortable condition. In what sense she is comparable to a lily has been shown in Song of Solomon 2:1; but here she is compared to one among "thorns": by which may be meant wicked men, comparable to thorns for their unfruitfulness and unprofitableness; for their being hurtful and pernicious to good men; and for their end, which is to be burned; especially persecutors of religion, who are very distressing to the saints who dwell among them; see 2 Samuel 23:6; and her being among such serves for a foil, to set off her excellency the more: and the simile is designed, not so much to observe that Christ's lily grows among thorns, as to show that the church is as preferable to such persons as a lily is to thorns; which is justly remarked by Carolus Maria de Veil; and which sense the comparison requires, as appears by the reddition, so is "my love among the daughters": the nations and men of the world, and even carnal professors, members of the visible church, whom she as much exceeds in beauty, grace, and fruitfulness, as the lily exceeds thorns. Ainsworth thinks the "woodbind" or "honeysuckle" is meant, which grows in thorn hedges, and is sometimes called "lilium inter spinas", as Mercer observes; this is indeed of a sweet smell, yet very weak, and cannot support itself; and therefore twists and wraps itself about other trees, their twigs and branches, "convolvens se adminiculis quibuscunque", as Pliny h says; hence we call it "woodbind", and for the same reason its name in Greek is "periclymenon"; so saints are of a sweet fragrance to Christ, and, weak in themselves, cannot support themselves; yet they twine about Christ, lean on him, and are upheld by him, and depend on him for all good things. But it is the same word as in Song of Solomon 2:1, and may be rendered "lily" here as there; and not a "rose", as it is in the Targum, from which it is there distinguished. The lily is often mentioned in this love song; it is said to be the delight of Verus i. Some call it "ambrosia".
h Nat. Hist. l. 27. c. 12. i Nicander apud Athenaeum, l. 15. c. 8. p. 683.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The king resumes, taking up the bride’s comparison: “As the lily excels in beauty the thorny shrubs among which it grows, so my friend excels her companions.”
