Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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.
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.
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 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. 17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved! {Be like} a gazelle or {young stag} on the cleft mountains.
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:3
{I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song of Songs 7:10
{I belong to my beloved}, {and he desires me}!
Song of Songs 4:5
Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.
Psalm 48:14
that this [is] God, our God forever and ever. {He himself} will guide us until death.
Psalm 63:1
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
Song of Songs 1:7
Tell me, [you] whom my {heart} loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like} one who is veiled beside the flocks of your 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 [off their] fragrance, and {over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit}; both {fresh and dried fruit I have stored up} for you, O my beloved.
Jeremiah 31:33
"But this [is] the covenant that I will {make} with the house of Israel after those days," {declares} Yahweh: "I will put my law in their inward parts and on their hearts I will write it, and I will be to them God, and they themselves will be to me people.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
So then, let no one boast in people. For all [things] are yours,
Galatians 2:20
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Revelation 21:2-3
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.