Songs 2:15
Good News Translation
Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.

New Revised Standard Version
Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom.”

Contemporary English Version
Our vineyards are in blossom; we must catch the little foxes that destroy the vineyards.

New American Bible
Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.

the foxes

Psalm 80:13 The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.

Ezekiel 13:4-16 Thy prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts. . . .

Luke 13:32 And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.

2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . .

Revelation 2:2 I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. And thou hast tried them who say they are apostles and are not: and hast found them liars:

tender

Songs 2:13 The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:

Songs 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards, let us see if the vineyard flourish, if the flowers be ready to bring forth fruits, if the pomegranates flourish: there will I give thee my breasts.

Context
The Bride's Admiration
14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely. 15Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.16My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,…
Cross References
Luke 13:32
And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.

Songs 2:13
The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:

Ezekiel 13:4
Thy prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts.

Songs 2:14
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