Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
New American Standard Bible
So is
King James Version
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Holman Bible
so is my darling among the young women.
International Standard Version
Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
A Conservative Version
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
American Standard Version
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”
Bible in Basic English
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
Darby Translation
As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Julia Smith Translation
As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.
King James 2000
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a lily among the thorns, so [is] my love among the maidens.
Modern King James verseion
As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.
New Heart English Bible
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
The Emphasized Bible
HEAs a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!
Webster
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
World English Bible
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved
Youngs Literal Translation
So is my friend among the daughters!
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dialogue Between Maiden And Her Beloved
1 I am the flower of the field, and lilies of the valleys. 2 As the lily among the 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. In his shadow was my desire to sit, for his fruit was sweet to my mouth.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:13
For thorns, there shall grow Fir trees, and the Myrtle tree in the stead of briers. And this shall be done to the praise of the LORD, and for an everlasting token, that shall not be taken away.
Matthew 6:28-29
And why care ye then for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They labor not, neither spin:
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.
Philippians 2:15-16
that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,
1 Peter 2:12
and see that ye have honest conversation among the gentiles, that they which backbite you as evil doers, may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation.