Song of Solomon 2

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The Shulamite woman describes herself as a flower of the plain and compares her beloved to an apple tree among forest trees, expressing her delight in sitting in his shade and tasting his sweet fruit. She recounts being brought to the house of wine where she is sustained with raisins and apples while embraced by her companion, and she charges the daughters of Jerusalem not to awaken love before its proper time. She hears her beloved approaching across the mountains like a gazelle, stopping behind a wall to look through the windows and invite her to come away with him as winter has passed and spring has arrived. He calls to her to show her face and let him hear her voice from the clefts of the rocks, after which a request is made to catch the little foxes that ruin the blooming vineyards. The passage concludes with the woman affirming mutual possession with her beloved as he pastures his flock among the lilies before asking him to be like a gazelle on the mountains of Bether until the day breaks.

Summary automatically generated from the Bible text.

Words of Jesus in red

¹I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. ²Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens. ³Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. ⁴He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love. ⁵Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. ⁶His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. ⁷O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. ⁸Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. ⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. ¹⁰My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one. ¹¹For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. ¹²The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. ¹³The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.” ¹⁴O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely. ¹⁵Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom. ¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. ¹⁷Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

Test this chapter

Louis Segond 1910 and Berean Standard Bible: public domain. Cross references: open-cross-ref, Creative Commons BY 4.0.