KJV King James Version
Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
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Song of Solomon 4:13
Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
WEB World English Bible
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: henna with spikenard plants,
ASV American Standard Version
Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits,
Surrounding context — 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!
11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13 Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits: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.Song of Solomon 1:12While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.John 15:1-3I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.Isaiah 60:21Thy people also [shall be] all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.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.Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;Song of Solomon 8:2I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother’s house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.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.Song of Solomon 7:12-13Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.Song of Solomon 4:14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:Philippians 1:11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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