Song of Solomon 2:10
What does Song of Solomon 2:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Song of Solomon 2:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Song of Solomon 2:10 means
He finally speaks: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.” The call is personal, tender, and purposeful. He does not summon her to duty but to companionship. The double address—love, fair one—reaffirms her worth even as he asks for movement. Love invites change of place and pace; it beckons her out from behind the wall toward shared life. The simplicity of the command is its power: come with me. It is an appeal to trust, to step into a new stage where their affection can flourish in a fitting environment, as the following verses will explain.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
KJV
King James Version · 1611My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Context
The moment of invitation arrives after the approach (v. 8) and the respectful nearness outside the wall (v. 9). Verses 11–13 will supply the reasons for this summons: winter has passed and spring has come. The call is repeated at the close of verse 13, framing the description of the new season. This structure helps the reader feel that the invitation is not arbitrary but timely, in step with nature’s rhythms and God’s providential ordering of seasons in the land.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
- 2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,
- Matthew 9:9
And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
- Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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