Song of Solomon 6:2

I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me. He pastures among the lilies.

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In The King James Version

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

In Context

1Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants, in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies.

3Groom to Bride: My love, you are beautiful: sweet and graceful, like Jerusalem; terrible, like an army in battle array.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:7Groom to Bride: If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds.

Song of Solomon 4:12An enclosed garden is my sister, my spouse: an enclosed garden, a sealed fountain.

Song of Solomon 5:13His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.

Isaiah 40:11He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will give you rest continually, and he will fill your soul with splendor, and he will free your bones, and you will be like a watered garden and like a fountain of water whose waters will not fail.

Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:2-4

Enquiring after Christ. 1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. Here is, I. The enquiry which the daughters of Jerusalem made concerning Christ, v. 1 . They still continue their high thoughts of the church, and call her, as before, the fairest… Read the whole commentary →

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