Song of Solomon 6:2
My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, 1 To feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, 1 Who feeds among the lilies. 1
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, 1 Where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, 1 Lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions. 1
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; 1 A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. 1
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: 1 His lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh. 1
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 →