I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Parallel translations
- KJV I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- BSB I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
- ESV I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. He
- NKJV I am the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. The Beloved
- NASB “I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.”
- NLT I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Hos 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
- Isa 35:1–2The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Song 5:13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
- Song 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
- Song 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
- Ps 85:11Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
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