Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options
Close ISV

Song of Solomon 2:1-3
International Standard Version

2 I’m a flower[a] from Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

The Lover

2 Like a lily among thorns,
    so is my darling among the young women.

The Loved One

3 Like an apple[b] tree among the trees of the forest,
    so is my beloved among the young men.
In his shade I take delight and sit down,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.[c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:1 Or crocus
  2. Song of Solomon 2:3 Or apricot
  3. Song of Solomon 2:3 Lit. palate
Listen to Song of Songs 2:1-3
Close NIV

Song of Songs 2:1-3
New International Version

She[a]

2 I am a rose[b](A) of Sharon,(B)
    a lily(C) of the valleys.

He

2 Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

She

3 Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved(D) among the young men.
I delight(E) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.(F)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
  2. Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family
  3. Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs
Next
Song of Solomon 1
Song of Solomon 3
Next
dropdown
International Standard Version (ISV)

Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC.

ISV Bible
New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV