Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
4He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever !
Judges 9:19if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
Psalms 45:3Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O mighty one, [in] thy majesty and thy splendour;
Psalms 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
Song of Solomon 2:5Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.
Song of Solomon 5:9What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:2-3
Christ the Rose of Sharon. 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. See here, I. What Christ is pleased to compare himself to; and he condescends very much in the comparison. He that is the Son of the Highest, the bright and morning star, calls and owns himself the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys, to express his presence with his people in this world, the easiness of their access to him, and the beauty and sweetness which… Read the whole commentary →