SNG 2:16 Parallel View

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ULT My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him,
 ⇔ the man grazing among the lilies.

UST You who I love, you are mine, and I am yours.
⇔ You have pleasure when you kiss my lips,
⇔ as a gazelle does when eating among the lilies.

BSB  ⇔ My beloved is mine and I am his;
⇔ he pastures his flock among the lilies.

OEB My beloved is mine, I am his:
⇔ he grazes his flock among the lilies.

CSB My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

NLT My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

NIV My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.

CEV My darling, I am yours, and you are mine, as you feed your sheep among the lilies.

ESV My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

NASB “My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.

LSB “My beloved is mine, and I am his, He who shepherds his flock among the lilies.

WEB My beloved is mine, and I am his.
⇔ He browses among the lilies.

NET My lover is mine and I am his;
 ⇔ he grazes among the lilies.

LSV My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his,
Who is delighting among the lilies,

FBV My love is mine, and I am his! He feeds among the lilies,

T4T  ⇔ You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me,
⇔ and you experience pleasure when you kiss my lips
⇔ like [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.

LEB • he pastures his flock among the lilies.

NRSV 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.

BBE My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS My beloved is mine, and I am his, that feedeth among the lilies.

ASV My beloved is mine, and I am his:
 ⇔ He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

DRA My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,

YLT My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

DBY My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,

RV My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth his flock among the lilies.

WBS My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth his flock among the lilies.

KJB ¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

BB My loue is mine, & I am his, whiche feedeth among the lillies vntill the day breake, and till the shadowes be gone:
(My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lillies until the day breake, and till the shadowes be gone:)

GNV My welbeloued is mine, and I am his: hee feedeth among the lilies,
(My welbeloued is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies,)

CB My loue is myne, and I am his, (which fedeth amoge the lylies)
(My love is myne, and I am his, (which fedeth among the lylies))

WYC My derlyng is to me, and Y am to hym, which is fed among lilies;
(My derlyng is to me, and I am to him, which is fed among lilies;)

LUT Mein Freund ist mein, und ich bin sein, der unter den Rosen weidet,
(My Freund is my, and I bin sein, the under the Rosen weidet,)

CLV Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia,
(Dilectus mine mihi, and I illi, who pascitur between lilia,)

BRN My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.

BrLXX Ἀδελφιδός μου ἐμοὶ, κᾀγὼ αὐτῷ· ὁ ποιμαίνων ἐν τοῖς κρίνοις.
(Adelfidos mou emoi, kᾀgō autōi; ho poimainōn en tois krinois.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

דּוֹדִ֥⁠י לִ⁠י֙ וַ⁠אֲנִ֣י ל֔⁠וֹ

beloved,my to=me and,I to=him/it

The woman is speaking as if she is talking about the man to another person even though she is most likely speaking directly to the man. This is common in Hebrew poetry. If this would not be natural in your language you can translate this in a way that indicates that the woman is speaking directly to the man. Alternate translation: “My beloved, you belong to me, and I belong to you”

הָ⁠רֹעֶ֖ה בַּ⁠שּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים

the,pastures in/on/at/with,lilies

The phrase the man grazing among the lilies could mean: (1) that the man himself is grazing among the lilies in which case you can translate this phrase as the ULT does. (2) that the man grazes his flock of animals among the lilies. Alternate translation: “the man grazing his flock among the lilies”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָ⁠רֹעֶ֖ה בַּ⁠שּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים

the,pastures in/on/at/with,lilies

The woman is speaking of the man as if he were “a gazelle or a young stag” (2:9) that eats among the lilies. She is using lilies to represent herself as she did in 2:1. Here, the lilies probably specifically represent the woman’s lips. The meaning here is that the man finds sustenance and enjoyment through being with the woman and kissing her lips. If it would help your readers, you could state the meaning plainly as modeled by the UST or you could explain the meaning in a footnote if you are using footnotes in your translation. Alternate translation: “my beloved gets pleasure grazing among the lilies” or “my beloved gets pleasure as he grazes among the lilies”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

בַּ⁠שּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים

in/on/at/with,lilies

See how you translated “lily” (the singular form of lilies) in 2:1.

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