Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
A Conservative Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds 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.
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 for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes. 16 My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers. 17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:3
I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.
Song of Songs 7:10
I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.
Song of Songs 4:5
Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.
Psalm 63:1
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
Song of Songs 1:7
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
Song of Songs 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys.
Song of Songs 7:13
The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
Galatians 2:20
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
Revelation 21:2-3
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.