Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying vineyards, for our vineyards [are in] blossom!

New American Standard Bible

Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

King James Version

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Holman Bible

(W) Catch the foxes for us
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in bloom.

International Standard Version

Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom."

A Conservative Version

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards. For our vineyards are in blossom.

American Standard Version

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

Amplified

(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Bible in Basic English

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

Darby Translation

Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.

Julia Smith Translation

Seize for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying the vineyards: and our vineyards are in blossom.

King James 2000

Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Modern King James verseion

Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Get us the foxes, yea the little foxes that hurt the vines, for our vines bear blossoms.

NET Bible

The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards -- for our vineyard is in bloom.

New Heart English Bible

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.

The Emphasized Bible

BOTHTake ye for us, the foxes, the little foxes that are spoiling the vines, - and, our vines, are all blossom!

Webster

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

World English Bible

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved

Youngs Literal Translation

Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

us the foxes
שׁעל שׁוּעל 
Shuw`al 
fox
Usage: 7

the little
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

שׁעל שׁוּעל 
Shuw`al 
fox
Usage: 7

the vines
כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Fox

Verse Info

Context Readings

Rendezvous In The Countryside

14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, {in the secluded place} {in the mountain}, Let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice [is] sweet and your face [is] lovely. 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying vineyards, for our vineyards [are in] blossom! 16 {My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Cross References

Song of Songs 2:13

The fig tree puts forth her figs, and the vines [are in] blossom; they give fragrance. {Arise}, my beloved! {Come, my beauty}!"

Song of Songs 7:12

Let us rise early [to go] to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded, [whether] the grape blossom has opened, and [whether] the pomegranates {are in bloom}; there I will give my love to you.

Luke 13:32

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

Psalm 80:13

Swine from the forests devour it and creatures of [the] field feed on it.

Ezekiel 13:4-16

Your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.

2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.

Revelation 2:2

'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false.

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