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Song of Songs 2:16

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My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song of Songs 2:16 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
  • KJV My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth 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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Quick answer

She declares mutual belonging: my beloved is mine and I am his. It is a treasured affirmation of covenant love.

Overview

This refrain of mutual possession expresses the security and exclusivity of true love, each wholly the other's. It captures the heart of covenant union. Believers have found here a beautiful expression of belonging to the Lord and He to them, the essence of the covenant: "I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jer. 31:33; 1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 12

  • Song 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
  • Song 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
  • Ps 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
  • Song 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
  • Gal 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.
  • Song 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?
  • Rev 21:2–3I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  • Song 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
  • Song 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

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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 2:16 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.

Original language

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My belovedדּוֹדis mine, and I am his: he feedethרָעָהamong the liliesשׁוּשַׁן
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