Song of Solomon 2:16
My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
In Context
15Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes.
Cross References
Psalms 48:14This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:10and thy throat as good wine, going well with my kinsman, suiting my lips and teeth.
Song of Solomon 7:13Let us go early into the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, if the blossoms have appeared, if the pomegranates have blossomed; there will I give thee my breasts.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is 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 →