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Song of Songs 2:10

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Songs 2:10 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
  • BSB My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
  • NKJV My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away.
  • NASB ¶“My beloved responded and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.
  • NLT My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!

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Quick answer

He calls her to rise and come away with him. It is an invitation into shared joy and fellowship.

Overview

Addressing her as his love and his beautiful one, he summons her to leave and come with him. The call to "come away" speaks of invitation into deeper companionship. Christian readers have heard the gospel call of Christ to His people, inviting them to rise and follow Him into life and fellowship (Matt. 11:28; John 10:27).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Song 2:13The 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.
  • Song 4:7–8Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
  • Rev 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
  • 2 Cor 6:17–18Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Ps 45:10–11Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
  • 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
  • Rev 19:7–9Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
  • Song 2:8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
  • Song 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
  • 2 Sam 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • Jer 31:3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
  • Gen 12:1–3Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
  • Matt 4:19–22And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
  • Ps 85:8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
  • Matt 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

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Christ at the center

The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.

How Song of Songs 2:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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