Song of Solomon 2:12
“The flowers appeare on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.”
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Song of Solomon 2:12 Context
10My beloued spake, and said vnto me, Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one, and come away. 11For loe, the winter is past, the raine is ouer, and gone. 12The flowers appeare on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. 13The fig tree putteth foorth her greene figs, and the vines with the tender grape giue a good smell. Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come away. 14¶ O my doue! that art in the clefts of the rocke, in the secret places of the staires: let me see thy countenance, let me heare thy voice, for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
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Other Translations for Song of Solomon 2:12
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;
- King James Version
'The flowers have {already} appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning {the vines,} And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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;
- American Standard Version (1901)
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;
- Basic English Bible
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
- Darby Bible
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;
- Webster's Bible
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- World English Bible
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,
- Youngs Literal Bible
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Song of Solomon 2:12
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.