# Song of Solomon 2 ## Song of Solomon 2:1 - [KJV] I *am* the rose of Sharon, *and* the lily of the valleys. - [ASV] I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. - [YLT] As a lily among the thorns, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:1 - ## Song of Solomon 2:2 - [KJV] As the lily among thorns, so *is* my love among the daughters. - [ASV] As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. - [YLT] So *is* my friend among the daughters! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:2 - ## Song of Solomon 2:3 - [KJV] As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so *is* my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit *was* sweet to my taste. - [ASV] As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:3 - ## Song of Solomon 2:4 - [KJV] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me *was* love. - [ASV] He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love. - [YLT] He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me *is* love, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:4 - ## Song of Solomon 2:5 - [KJV] Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I *am* sick of love. - [ASV] Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. - [YLT] Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I *am* sick with love. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:5 - ## Song of Solomon 2:6 - [KJV] His left hand *is* under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. - [ASV] His left hand *is* under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. - [YLT] His left hand *is* under my head, And his right doth embrace me. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:6 - ## Song of Solomon 2:7 - [KJV] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake *my* love, till he please. - [ASV] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake *my* love, Until he please. - [YLT] I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:7 - ## Song of Solomon 2:8 - [KJV] The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. - [ASV] The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. - [YLT] The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:8 - ## Song of Solomon 2:9 - [KJV] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. - [ASV] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. - [YLT] My beloved *is* like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:9 - ## Song of Solomon 2:10 - [KJV] My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [ASV] My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [YLT] My beloved hath answered and said to me, 'Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:10 - ## Song of Solomon 2:11 - [KJV] For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over *and* gone; - [ASV] For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone; - [YLT] For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:11 - ## Song of Solomon 2:12 - [KJV] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing *of birds* is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; - [ASV] The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing *of birds* is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; - [YLT] The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:12 - ## Song of Solomon 2:13 - [KJV] The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines *with* the tender grape give a *good* smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [ASV] The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [YLT] The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:13 - ## Song of Solomon 2:14 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. - [YLT] My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice *is* sweet, and thy appearance comely. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:14 - ## Song of Solomon 2:15 - [KJV] Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines *have* tender grapes. - [ASV] Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. - [YLT] Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:15 - ## Song of Solomon 2:16 - [KJV] My beloved *is* mine, and I *am* his: he feedeth among the lilies. - [ASV] My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth *his flock* among the lilies. - [YLT] My beloved *is* mine, and I *am* his, Who is delighting among the lilies, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:16 - ## Song of Solomon 2:17 - [KJV] 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 Bether. - [ASV] Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether. - [YLT] Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 2:17 -