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Song of Solomon 2:2
The Lover to His Beloved:
Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.Bible Study Resources
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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 Speaks: My darling, when compared with other young women, you are a lily among thorns.
[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.
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
The Beloved to Her Lover:
I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys. 2The Lover to His Beloved:
Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.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 saw all that he had made—and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the Lord 's holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.
So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: " And God rested on the seventh day from all his works ,"
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.”
