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Song of Solomon 1:3

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1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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BSB
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
KJV
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
WEB
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
ASV
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
DARBY
Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
BLB
Your oils [are] good for fragrance; your name [is] oil poured out; upon thus the maidens love you.
ÅB
Liflig er duften av dine salver, ditt navn er en utgytt salve; derfor elsker jomfruene deg.
OTB
Dine oljer har en behagelig duft, Ditt navn er som raffinert olje; Derfor setter de unge kvinnene pris på deg.
B1930
Liflig er duften av dine salver, ditt navn er en utgytt salve; derfor elsker jomfruene dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 7:1

    A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

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  • Exodus 30:23–28

    Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

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  • Song of Solomon 4:10

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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  • John 12:3

    Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

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  • Psalms 45:7–8

    Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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  • Philippians 2:9–10

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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  • Revelation 14:4

    These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:14–16

    Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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