Parallel Verses
Webster
As the lily among thorns, 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.”
Bible in Basic English
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
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!
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 the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Matthew 6:28-29
And why are ye anxious for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow? they toil not, neither do they spin?
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Philippians 2:15-16
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Peter 2:12
Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.