“The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Song of Solomon 2 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.