Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
In Context
15Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
Cross References
Psalms 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Song of Solomon 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our 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 →