Song of Solomon 2:16

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“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”

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BSBPD

“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My beloved <FI>is<Fi> mine, and I <FI>am<Fi> his, Who is delighting among the lilies,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 2:16 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
  2. Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
  3. Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
  4. Song of Solomon 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
  5. Song of Solomon 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
  6. Song of Solomon 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
  7. Song of Solomon 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
  8. Song of Solomon 7:11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
  9. Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
  10. Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  11. Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
  12. 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
  13. Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
  14. Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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