Song of Solomon 6:2
My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
Cross References
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 4:12My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.
Isaiah 40:11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Isaiah 58:11and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, even my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:2-4
Enquiring after Christ. 1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. Here is, I. The enquiry which the daughters of Jerusalem made concerning Christ, v. 1 . They still continue their high thoughts of the church, and call her, as before, the fairest… Read the whole commentary →