Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.
4Bring me into the wine house; set love before me.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And + 3:22 Alex. + the Lord.God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live for ever—
Judges 9:19if then ye have done truly and faithfully with Jerobaal, and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice over you:
Psalms 45:3Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.
Psalms 89:6In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
Song of Solomon 2:5Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love.
Song of Solomon 5:9What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged 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 →