Song of Solomon 2:1
[SHE] I am The meadow-saffron of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
In Context
2[HE] As a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!
Cross References
Psalms 85:11Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks, like a raised bed of balsam, growing plants of perfume,—His lips, lilies, dripping with myrrh distilling:
Isaiah 35:1Wilderness and parched land, shall be glad for them,—And the waste plain, shall exult, and blossom as the lily:
Hosea 14:5I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily,—and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:1
In this chapter, I. Christ speaks both concerning himself and concerning his church, ver. 1, 2 . II. The church speaks, 1. Remembering the pleasure and satisfaction she has in communion with Christ, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Entertaining herself with the present tokens of his favour and taking care that nothing happen to intercept them, ver. 5-7 . 3. Triumphing in his approaches towards her, ver. 8, 9 . 4. Repeating the gracious calls he had given her to go along with him a walking, invited by the pleasures of the returning… Read the whole commentary →