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Song of Solomon 2:16

My friend is mine, and I am his—that feedeth among the lilies.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

In Context

15Seize for us the foxes, the little foxes, that injure the vineyards; for our vineyards have young grapes.

17Until the day become cool, and the shadows flee away, turn about, my friend, and be thou like the roebuck or the fawn of the hinds upon the mountains of separation.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:14(48:15) For this One is God, our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?—

Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of the roe, that feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 7:10(7:11) I am my friend's, and toward me is his desire.

Song of Solomon 7:13(7:14) The mandrakes give forth [their] smell, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and also old: O my friend, these have I laid up for thee.

Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will 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 →

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