Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
New American Standard Bible
So is
King James Version
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Holman Bible
so is my darling among the young women.
International Standard Version
Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
A Conservative Version
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
American Standard Version
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”
Darby Translation
As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Julia Smith Translation
As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.
King James 2000
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a lily among the thorns, so [is] my love among the maidens.
Modern King James verseion
As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.
New Heart English Bible
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
The Emphasized Bible
HEAs a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!
Webster
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
World English Bible
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved
Youngs Literal Translation
So is my friend among the daughters!
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dialogue Between Maiden And Her Beloved
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys. 2 As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters. 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:13
In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.
Matthew 6:28-29
And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Philippians 2:15-16
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.