Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;
New American Standard Bible
The time has arrived for
And the voice of the
King James Version
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Holman Bible
The time of singing
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.
International Standard Version
Blossoms have appeared in the land. The season of songbirds has arrived, and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
A Conservative Version
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
American Standard Version
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
Amplified
‘The flowers appear on the earth once again;
The time for singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Darby Translation
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
Julia Smith Translation
The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.
King James 2000
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The blossoms {appear} {in the land}; {the time of singing has arrived}; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Modern King James verseion
the flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The flowers appear in our country and the time is come to cut the vines. The voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
NET Bible
The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
New Heart English Bible
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The Emphasized Bible
The flowers, have appeared in the earth, the time of the spring-song, hath come, - and, the voice of the turtle, is heard in our land;
Webster
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
World English Bible
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Youngs Literal Translation
The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
Themes
Birds » Have each their peculiar note or song
Birds » Songs of, at the break of day
Doves » The harbinger of spring
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Naga`
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rendezvous In The Countryside
11 For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land; 13 The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.
Cross References
Psalm 40:1-3
When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.
Psalm 89:15
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
Psalm 148:7-13
Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:
Song of Songs 6:2
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
Song of Songs 6:11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.
Isaiah 35:1-2
The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.
Isaiah 42:10-12
Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.
Isaiah 55:12
For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
Jeremiah 8:7
Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.
Hosea 14:5-7
I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
Romans 15:9-13
And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
Ephesians 1:13-14
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
Ephesians 5:18-20
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.