Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, A spring shut up — a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips [are] lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,
Isaiah 40:11As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth.
Isaiah 58:11And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.
Ezekiel 34:23And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them — my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is 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 →