Song of Solomon 2:1
I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.—
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
In Context
2Like the lily among the thorns, so is my beloved among the young maidens.—
Cross References
Psalms 85:11(85:12) Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as turrets of sweet perfumes: his lips, like lilies, dropping with fluid myrrh.
Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad thereat; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the lily.
Hosea 14:5(14:6) I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as [the forests of] Lebanon.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:1
In this chapter, I. Christ speaks both concerning himself and concerning his church, ver. 1, 2 . II. The church speaks, 1. Remembering the pleasure and satisfaction she has in communion with Christ, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Entertaining herself with the present tokens of his favour and taking care that nothing happen to intercept them, ver. 5-7 . 3. Triumphing in his approaches towards her, ver. 8, 9 . 4. Repeating the gracious calls he had given her to go along with him a walking, invited by the pleasures of the returning… Read the whole commentary →