KJV King James Version
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 1:3
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
WEB World English Bible
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
ASV American Standard Version
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out—thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
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.
3 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.
6 Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.Exodus 30:23-28Take 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],Song of Solomon 4:10How 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!John 12:3Then 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.Psalm 45:7-8Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.Philippians 2:9-10Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Revelation 14:4These 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.2 Corinthians 2:14-16Now 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.Philippians 4:18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.Psalm 133:2[It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;Psalm 45:14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.Matthew 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.Matthew 1:21-23And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Exodus 34:5-7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.Song of Solomon 3:6Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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