Protestantism
English
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
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,
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
The flowers appeare in the earth: the time of the singing of birdes is come, and the voyce of the turtle is heard in our land.
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;
The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing1 has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
- Or pruning
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the song is come, and the voice of the turtle [dove] has been heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The blossoms ⌞appear⌟1 ⌞in the land⌟;2 ⌞the time of singing3 has arrived⌟;4 the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- Literally “is seen”
- Literally “on the earth”
- Most likely, a subtle word play occurs here since there are two different words in Hebrew spelled the same way: “pruning” and “singing.” The former plays upon the first line and the latter upon the third line
- Literally “the time of the song arrived”
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come; and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
the flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers, have appeared in the earth, the time of the spring-song, hath come,—and, the voice of the turtle, is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Catholicism
English
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:
Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.1
- 2:12He calls her by several feminine terms: ‘amica’ (love or loved one), ‘columba’ (dove), ‘formosa’ (shapely one) and he calls her to come forward. +The Christ exhorts the Church to rise up in prayer, and to quickly advance along the path of holiness. Christ admires the beauty of the Church.(Conte)