Song of Solomon 2:16
My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
In Context
15Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.
Cross References
Psalms 48:14\48:13\Take note of its strong walls, looking well at its fair buildings; so that you may give word of it to the generation which comes after.
Song of Solomon 1:7Say, 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 Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:10I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.
Song of Solomon 7:13The 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.
Zechariah 13:9And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:15-17
The Love of the Church to Christ. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of… Read the whole commentary →