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The Bride

Song of Songs 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
KJV
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
WEB
For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
ASV
For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;
LSV
For behold, the winter has passed by, || The rain has passed away—it has gone.
YLT
For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away — it hath gone.
DBY
For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
DRC
For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
GNV
For beholde, winter is past: the raine is changed, and is gone away.
JPS
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
LXXE
For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.

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Where the editions differ

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  • Written (Ketiv): הַסְּתָו (“the winter”). Read aloud (Qere): הַסְּתָ֖יו (“the winter”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads הַסְּתָ֖ו; read aloud (Qere) reads הַסְּתָ֖יו (“the winter”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה הסתו עָבָ֑ר הַגֶּ֕שֶׁם חָלַ֖ף הָלַ֥ךְ לֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): הַסְּתָ֖יו
LXX-Br
Ὅτι ἰδοὺ ὁ χειμὼν παρῆλθεν, ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπῆλθεν, ἐπορεύθη ἑαυτῷ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 60:1–2Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear…
  • Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  • Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  • Isaiah 54:6–8For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.…
  • Revelation 11:14–15The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly. Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of…
  • Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
  • Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  • Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
  • Isaiah 12:1–2In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD…

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