Geneva Bible Notes Reformed @genevanotes

As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters. (a) Thus Christ prefers his Church above all other things.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Sol 2:2 2 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. By החוחים are not meant the thorns of the plant itself, for the lily has no thorns, and the thorns of the rose are, moreover, called kotsim, and not hhohhim; besides, ben (among) contradicts that idea, since the thorns are on the plant itself, and it is not among them...