New Revised Standard Version
As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.

Contemporary English Version
My darling, when compared with other young women, you are a lily among thorns.

New American Bible
Like a lily among thorns, so is my friend among women.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.

Matthew 6:28,29 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. . . .

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Philippians 2:15,16 That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world. . . .

1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.