Song of Solomon 2:12 Parallel Translations

Blossoms appear in the land. The time of the songbird has arrived. The cooing of the mourning dove is heard in our land.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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;

ASV:

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

BBE:

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

DBY:

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

ERV:

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;

JPS:

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

WBS:

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;

WEB:

The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

YLT:

The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,

Song of Solomon 2:12 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 15:9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

Psalm 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

Jeremiah 8:7 "Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:12 The flowers - The communications of God's grace, the gifts, and graces, and comforts of the Holy Spirit, are vouchsafed unto, and appear in believers, as buds and blossoms do in the spring. The turtle - This seems particularly to be mentioned because it not only gives notice of the spring, but aptly represents the Spirit of God, which even the Chaldee paraphrast understands by this turtle, which appeared in the shape of a dove, and which worketh a dove - like meekness, and chastity, and faithfulness, in believers.

MHC:

2:8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints had of Christ's coming in the flesh. He comes as pleased with his own undertaking. He comes speedily. Even when Christ seems to forsake, it is but for a moment; he will soon return with everlasting loving-kindness. The saints of old saw him, appearing through the sacrifices and ceremonial institutions. We see him through a glass darkly, as he manifests himself through the lattices. Christ invites the new convert to arise from sloth and despondency, and to leave sin and worldly vanities, for union and communion with him. The winter may mean years passed in ignorance and sin, unfruitful and miserable, or storms and tempests that accompanied his conviction of guilt and danger. Even the unripe fruits of holiness are pleasant unto Him whose grace has produced them. All these encouraging tokens and evidences of Divine favour, are motives to the soul to follow Christ more fully. Arise then, and come away from the world and the flesh, come into fellowship with Christ. This blessed change is owing wholly to the approaches and influences of the Sun of righteousness.

CONC:

Already Appear Appeared Arrived Birds Cooing Cutting Dove Doves Flowers Pruning Season Singing Sounding Turtle Turtledove Turtle-dove Vines Voice

Already Appear Appeared Arrived Birds Cutting Dove Doves Earth Flowers Heard Pruning Season Singing Sounding Time Turtle Turtledove Turtle-Dove Vines Voice

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