Verse List for SNG 2:2

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B I ◄ ← Sng 2:2 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) My darling is among the young women ⇔ like a lily among the thorns.

OET-LV Like_a _lily between the_thornbushes is_so friend _of_my between the_daughters.

ULT Like a lily among thorns, ⇔ so, is my darling among the daughters.

UST Among all the other young women, ⇔  you, my dear one, are like a lily growing among thorns!

BSB & MSB Like a lily among the thorns ⇔  is my darling among the maidens.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

CSB Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. Woman

NLT Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women. Young Woman

NIV Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.

CEV My darling, when compared with other young women, you are a lily among thorns.

ESV As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.

NASB “Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens.”

LSB “Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the daughters.”

WEBBE & WMBB As a lily amongst thorns, ⇔  so is my love amongst the daughters.

MSG The Man A lotus blossoming in a swamp of weeds— that’s my dear friend among the girls in the village.

NET Like a lily among the thorns, ⇔ so is my darling among the maidens.

LSV So [is] my friend among the daughters!

FBV Just as a lily stands out among the brambles, so you, my darling, stand out among other women.

T4T Among the other young women, ⇔  the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily growing among thorns!

LEB • Like a lily among the thorns,[fn]
• so is my love among the maidens.

NRSV As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.

NKJV Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

NAB Like a lily among thorns, so is my friend among women.

BBE As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

Moff “Like a lily among briars, ⇔  so is my dear among women!”

JPS As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

ASV ⇔  As a lily among thorns, ⇔ So is my love among the daughters.

DRA As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

YLT So [is] my friend among the daughters!

Drby As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

RV As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

SLT As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.

Wbstr As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

KJB-1769 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

KJB-1611 As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps As the lillie among the thornes: so is my loue among the daughters.
(As the lily among the thorns: so is my love among the daughters.)

Gnva Like a lilie amog the thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
(Like a lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.)

Cvdl as the rose amonge the thornes, so is my loue amonge the daughters.
(as the rose among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.)

Wycl As a lilie among thornes, so is my frendesse among douytris.
(As a lily among thorns, so is my friends among daughters.)

Luth Wie eine Rose unter den Dornen, so ist meine Freundin unter den Töchtern.
(How a/one rose(n) under the thorns, so is my girlfriend under the daughters.)

ClVg Sponsus Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias.[fn]
(The_spouse Like lily between thorns/spines, so girlfriend my between daughters.)

UHB כְּ⁠שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה֙ בֵּ֣ין הַ⁠חוֹחִ֔ים כֵּ֥ן רַעְיָתִ֖⁠י בֵּ֥ין הַ⁠בָּנֽוֹת׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὡς κρίνον ἐν μέσῳ ἀκανθῶν, οὕτως ἡ πλησίον μου ἀναμέσον τῶν θυγατέρων.

BrTr As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.