Song-of-solomon 2:12
Translations
King James Version (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;
American King James Version (AKJV)
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;
American Standard Version (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;
Basic English Translation (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;
Webster's Revision
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;
World English 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.
English Revised Version (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;
Definitions for Song-of-solomon 2:12
Barnes's Song-of-solomon 2:12 Bible Commentary
The time of the singing ... - i. e., The song of pairing birds. This is better than the rendering of the ancient versions, "the pruning time is come."
Wesley's Song-of-solomon 2:12 Bible Commentary
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.
