Song of Solomon 2:3
Like the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my welbeloued among the sonnes of men: vnder his shadow had I delite, and sate downe: and his fruite was sweete vnto my mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2Like a lilie amog the thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
4Hee brought mee into the wine cellar, and loue was his banner ouer me.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill. And nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life and eate and liue for euer,
Judges 9:19If ye then haue delt truely and purely with Ierubbaal, and with his house this day, then reioyce with you.
Psalms 45:3Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,
Psalms 89:6For who is equall to the Lord in the heauen? and who is like the Lord among the sonnes of the gods?
Song of Solomon 2:5Stay me with flagons, and comfort me with apples: for I am sicke of loue.
Song of Solomon 5:9O the fairest among women, what is thy welbeloued more then other welbeloued? what is thy welbeloued more then another louer, that thou doest so charge vs?
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:2-3
Christ the Rose of Sharon. 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. See here, I. What Christ is pleased to compare himself to; and he condescends very much in the comparison. He that is the Son of the Highest, the bright and morning star, calls and owns himself the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys, to express his presence with his people in this world, the easiness of their access to him, and the beauty and sweetness which… Read the whole commentary →