Song of Solomon 2:16
My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 48:14They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. 1
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you tend your flock, where you cause them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of your companions.
Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:10I am my kinsman's, and his desire is toward me.
Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for you.
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 →