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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

'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 have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
- Berean Standard Bible 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 have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:
- Douay-Rheims 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;
- English Revised Version

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

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.