Song of Solomon 4:14
12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
- KJV
- Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
- WEB
- spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
- ASV
- Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
- DARBY
- Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
- BLB
- nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices,
- ÅB
- nardus og safran, kalmus og kanel med alle slags viraktrær, myrra og aloétrær og alle de beste velluktende urter.
- OTB
- Nardus og safran, krydderrør og kanel, Med alle trær av røkelse, Myrra og aloe, sammen med alle de fineste balsamoljer.
- B1930
- nardus og safran, kalmus og kanel med alle slags viraktrær, myrra og aloëtrær og alle de beste velluktende urter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 30:23
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Read in contextProverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:19
and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:12
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
Read in contextMark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
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