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Bible in Basic English

I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys.

New American Standard Bible

I am the rose of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys.”

King James Version

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Holman Bible

I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

International Standard Version

I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

A Conservative Version

I am a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys.

American Standard Version

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

Amplified

“I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”

Darby Translation

I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

Julia Smith Translation

I am the flower of the plain, the lily of the valleys

King James 2000

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Modern King James verseion

I am the rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I am the flower of the field, and lilies of the valleys.

NET Bible

The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.

New Heart English Bible

I am a crocus of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

The Emphasized Bible

SHEI am The meadow-saffron of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.

Webster

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

World English Bible

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover

Youngs Literal Translation

As a lily among the thorns,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I am the rose
חבצּלת 
Chabatstseleth 
Usage: 2

of Sharon
שׁרון 
Sharown 
Usage: 7

and the lily
שׁושׁנּה שׁשׁן שׁושׁן שׁוּשׁן 
Shuwshan 
Usage: 15

References

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Dialogue Between Maiden And Her Beloved

1 I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys. 2 As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

Cross References

Song of Songs 5:13

His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

Isaiah 35:1-2

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

Psalm 85:11

Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

Song of Songs 2:16

My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.

Song of Songs 6:3

I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

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