KJV King James Version
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
WEB World English Bible
The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
ASV American Standard Version
The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
12 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;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַתְּאֵנָה֙H8384 · te.e.nahfigחָֽנְטָ֣הH2590 · cha.natto spiceפַגֶּ֔יהָH6291 · pa.gahearly figוְהַגְּפָנִ֥ים׀H1612 · ge.phenvineסְמָדַ֖רH5563 · se.ma.darblossomנָ֣תְנוּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveרֵ֑יחַH7381 · re.acharomaק֥וּמִיH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiלָ֛ךְH9032 · khyouרַעְיָתִ֥יH7474 · ra.yahdarlingיָפָתִ֖יH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulוּלְכִי־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלָֽךְ׃ סH9032 · khyou
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.Song of Solomon 7:11-13Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.Isaiah 61:11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.Isaiah 55:10-11For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:Luke 13:6-7He spake also this parable; A certain [man] had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.2 Corinthians 6:1-2We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:Song of Solomon 7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches.Hosea 14:6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].Luke 19:42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.
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