Song of Solomon 2:12

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

In Context

11For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

13The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.

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Cross References

Psalms 40:1To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.

Psalms 148:7Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.

Isaiah 42:10Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

Jeremiah 8:7Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

Romans 15:9And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:9-14

Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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