Song of Solomon 2:11 (YLT)

Passage

For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away--it hath gone.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved <FI>is<Fi> like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this--he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.

Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

Song of Solomon 2:11 For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away--it hath gone.

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "winter", "hath", "passed", "rain", and "away--it". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "winter" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "My beloved hath answered and said to..." into verse 12's "The flowers have appeared in the earth...", so "winter" and "hath" 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 "winter" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.