Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
4He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
Judges 9:19If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this day in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you.
Psalms 45:3Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever
Psalms 89:6The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
Song of Solomon 2:5Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
Song of Solomon 5:9What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured 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 →