KJV King James Version
Who [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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Song of Solomon 3:6
Who [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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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?
WEB World English Bible
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
ASV American Standard Version
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 3
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4 [It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
6 Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7 Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon’s; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִ֣יH4310 · miwho?זֹ֗אתH2063 · zotthisעֹלָה֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִן־H4480 · minfromהַמִּדְבָּ֔רH4057 · mid.barmouthכְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹתH8490 · ti.ma.rahcolumnעָשָׁ֑ןH6227 · a.shansmokeמְקֻטֶּ֤רֶתH6999 · qa.tarto offer: burnמוֹר֙H4753 · mormyrrhוּלְבוֹנָ֔הH3828 · le.vo.nahfrankincenseמִכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallאַבְקַ֥תH81 · a.va.qaharomatic powderרוֹכֵֽל׃H7402 · ra.khalto trade
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 8:5Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee.Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.Song of Solomon 1:13A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.Jeremiah 31:2Thus saith the LORD, The people [which were] left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; [even] Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.Song of Solomon 4:12-14A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.Joel 2:29-31And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.Song of Solomon 1:3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.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.Acts 2:18-21And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:Exodus 13:21-22And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: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.
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