Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
In Context
15Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.
Cross References
Psalms 48:14Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
Song of Solomon 1:7If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:10I to my beloved, and his turning is towards me.
Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes give a smell. In our gates are all fruits: the new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for thee.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall 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 →