1 ¶ I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. See also: Isaiah 57:15 Hosea 14:5 Isaiah 35:1-2 Song of Solomon 5:13 Song of Solomon 2:16
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. See also: 1 Peter 2:12 Isaiah 55:13 Matthew 6:28-29 Matthew 10:16 Philippians 2:15-16
3 ¶ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. See also: Song of Solomon 8:5 Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah 32:2 Hebrews 1:1-6 Hebrews 12:2
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. See also: Song of Solomon 1:4 John 15:9-15 Romans 5:8-10 Romans 8:28-39 Revelation 3:20
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. See also: Song of Solomon 5:8 2 Samuel 6:19 Hosea 3:1 2 Samuel 13:1-2 Psalms 4:6-7
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. See also: Zephaniah 3:17 Isaiah 54:5-10 Song of Solomon 8:3-5 Jeremiah 32:41 Proverbs 4:8
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. See also: Song of Solomon 3:5 Song of Solomon 8:4 Song of Solomon 1:5 Proverbs 5:19 Song of Solomon 5:8-9
8 ¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. See also: John 10:27 Song of Solomon 2:17 Isaiah 52:7 John 3:29 Revelation 3:20
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. See also: Song of Solomon 8:14 Song of Solomon 2:17 2 Samuel 2:18 Luke 24:35 John 5:39
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. See also: Song of Solomon 2:13 Song of Solomon 4:7-8 Revelation 22:17 Psalms 45:10-11 Song of Solomon 2:8
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; See also: Isaiah 60:1-2 Ecclesiastes 3:11 Isaiah 54:6-8 Ephesians 5:8 Ecclesiastes 3:4
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; See also: Isaiah 55:12 Psalms 89:15 Psalms 148:7-13 Jeremiah 8:7 Colossians 3:16
13 The 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. See also: Song of Solomon 2:10 Song of Solomon 7:11-13 Isaiah 55:10-11 Isaiah 61:11 Luke 13:6-7
14 ¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. See also: Ezra 9:5-6 Song of Solomon 1:5 Song of Solomon 5:2 Exodus 3:6 Song of Solomon 8:13
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. See also: Luke 13:32 2 Peter 2:1-3 Song of Solomon 7:12 Psalms 80:13 Song of Solomon 2:13
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. See also: Song of Solomon 6:3 Song of Solomon 7:10 Psalms 48:14 Psalms 63:1 Jeremiah 31:33
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. See also: Song of Solomon 4:6 Song of Solomon 2:8-9 Song of Solomon 8:14 Luke 1:78 Romans 13:12