Song of Solomon 2:14 (WEB)

Passage

My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”

Song of Solomon 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.

Song of Solomon 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dove", "clefts", "rock", "hiding", "places", "mountainside", "face", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dove" and "clefts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "The fig tree ripens her green figs..." into verse 15's "Catch for us the foxes the little...", so "dove" and "clefts" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "dove" and "clefts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.