Song of Solomon 2:3
As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2So [is] my friend among the daughters!
4He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And Jehovah God saith, 'Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' —
Judges 9:19yea, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and he doth rejoice — even he — in you;
Psalms 45:3Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
Psalms 89:6For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
Song of Solomon 2:5Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.
Song of Solomon 5:9What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?
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 →