My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Parallel translations
- KJV My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- BSB My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- NKJV My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies. (To Her Beloved)
- NASB ¶“My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.
- NLT My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Song 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
- Song 7:10I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.
- Ps 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
- Song 7:13The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
- 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Song 1:7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
- Rev 21:2–3I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
- Song 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
- Song 4:5Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
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