Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Holman Bible
he feeds among the lilies.
International Standard Version
My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies.
American Standard Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
Bible in Basic English
My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
Darby Translation
My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,
Julia Smith Translation
My beloved to me, and I to him: he feeding among the lilies.
King James 2000
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Modern King James verseion
My Beloved is mine, and I am His; He feeds among the lilies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies,
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
New Heart English Bible
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
The Emphasized Bible
SHEMy beloved, is, mine, and, I, am, his, he that pastureth among lilies!
Webster
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
World English Bible
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Youngs Literal Translation
My beloved is mine, and I am his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:16
Images Song of Solomon 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Poetic Refrain(S)
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards. For our vineyards are in blossom. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies. 17 Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:3
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He feeds among the lilies.
Song of Songs 7:10
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide [even] to death.
Psalm 63:1
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
Song of Songs 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou feed [thy flock], where thou make [it] to rest at noon. For why should I be as she who is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions?
Song of Songs 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys.
Song of Songs 7:13
The mandrakes give forth fragrance. And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says LORD: I will give my law{s (LXX/NT)} in their inward parts, and I will write {them (LXX/NT)} in their hearts. And I will be their God, and th
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours,
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Revelation 21:2-3
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.