Verse 3

As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min kjæreste blant guttene. I hans skygge har jeg lengtet etter å sitte, og hans frukt er søt for leppene mine.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Som et epletre blant trærne i skogen, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg ned i skyggen hans med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min gane.

  • Norsk King James

    Som epletreet blant trærne i lunden, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg ned under hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min gane.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, er min elskede blant sønnene; jeg ønsker å være i hans skygge, sitte der, og hans frukt er søt i min munn.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg lengtet etter hans skygge, og der satte jeg meg; hans frukt er søt for min gane.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Som epletreet blant trærne i skogen, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg under hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min smak.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Som epletreet blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Med stor fryd satte jeg meg i hans skygge, og hans frukt var søt for min gane.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Som epletreet blant trærne i skogen, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg under hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min smak.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant de unge menn. I hans skygge ønsket jeg å sitte, og hans frukt var søt for min gane.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Song of Songs.2.3", "source": "כְּתַפּ֙וּחַ֙ בַּעֲצֵ֣י הַיַּ֔עַר כֵּ֥ן דּוֹדִ֖י בֵּ֣ין הַבָּנִ֑ים בְּצִלּוֹ֙ חִמַּ֣דְתִּי וְיָשַׁ֔בְתִּי וּפִרְי֖וֹ מָת֥וֹק לְחִכִּֽי׃", "text": "As-*tappûaḥ* among-*ʿăṣê* the-*yaʿar* *kēn* *dôdî* between the-*bānîm* in-*ṣillô* *ḥimmadtî* *wə-yāšabtî* and-*piryô* *mātôq* to-*ḥikkî*", "grammar": { "*tappûaḥ*": "masculine singular noun with prefix *kə* (like/as) - apple tree", "*ʿăṣê*": "masculine plural construct noun with prefix *bə* (in/among) - trees of", "*yaʿar*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - forest/thicket", "*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus", "*dôdî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my beloved", "*bānîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - sons/young men", "*ṣillô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefix *bə* (in) - in his shadow", "*ḥimmadtî*": "1st person singular perfect verb - I desired/delighted", "*wə-yāšabtî*": "1st person singular perfect verb with conjunction - and I sat/dwelled", "*piryô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and conjunction - and his fruit", "*mātôq*": "masculine singular adjective - sweet", "*ḥikkî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefix *lə* (to) - to my palate" }, "variants": { "*tappûaḥ*": "apple tree/apricot tree (exact fruit tree uncertain)", "*dôdî*": "my beloved/my love/my friend", "*ḥimmadtî*": "I desired/I delighted in/I longed for", "*yāšabtî*": "I sat/I dwelled/I remained" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. I hans skygge lengtet jeg å sitte, og hans frukt var søt for min gane.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Ligesom et Æbletræ iblandt Skovens Træer, saa er min Kjæreste iblandt Sønnerne; jeg begjærer (at være) under hans Skygge og sidde (derunder), og hans Frugt er sød for min Gane.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg setter meg i hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt er søt for min gane.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Som et epletre blant skogens trær, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg under hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min smak.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Som en sitron blant trærne i skogen, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg i hans skygge med glede, og hans frukt er søt for min gane.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Som et epletre blant trærne i skogen, slik er min kjære blant sønnene. Med glede sitter jeg i hans skygge, og hans frukt er søt for min gane.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Som et epletre blant trærne i skogen, slik er min elskede blant sønnene. Jeg satte meg under hans skygge med stor glede, og hans frukt var søt for min smak.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the wodd, so is my beloued amonge the sonnes. My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe, for his frute is swete vnto my throte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Like the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my welbeloued among the sonnes of men: vnder his shadow had I delite, & sate downe: and his fruite was sweete vnto my mouth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood: so is my beloued among the sonnes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As a citron among trees of the forest, So `is' my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit `is' sweet to my palate.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.
  • Isa 25:4 : 4 For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is like a storm against the wall.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Heb 1:1-6 : 1 God, who at various times and in different manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For to which of the angels did He at any time say, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son? 6 And again, when He brings in the firstborn into the world, He says, And let all the angels of God worship Him.
  • Heb 3:1-6 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone; but He who built all things is God. 5 And Moses truly was faithful in all His house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken later; 6 But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm until the end.
  • Heb 7:23-26 : 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not allowed to continue by reason of death: 24 But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 John 1:3-4 : 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.
  • Rev 22:1-2 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  • Ezek 17:23-24 : 23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs and bear fruit and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of its branches shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 And on the river, on the bank thereof, on this side and that side, shall grow all kinds of trees for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters issue from the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
  • John 1:14-18 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. 16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
  • John 3:29-31 : 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this my joy is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  • John 15:1-8 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit. 3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Judg 9:19-20 : 19 If then you have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are more beautiful than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Song 2:5 : 5 Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
  • Song 4:16 : 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
  • Song 5:9-9 : 9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.
  • Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and lovely for those who have escaped of Israel.
  • Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.