KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 4:16
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.
ASV American Standard Version
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 precious fruits.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 4
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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ע֤וּרִיH5782 · urto rouseצָפוֹן֙H6828 · tsa.phonnorthוּב֣וֹאִיH935 · boto come (in): comeתֵימָ֔ןH8486 · te.mansouthהָפִ֥יחִיH6315 · pu.achto breatheגַנִּ֖יH1588 · ganGarden (of Uzza)יִזְּל֣וּH5140 · na.zalto flowבְשָׂמָ֑יוH1314 · be.semspiceיָבֹ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeדוֹדִי֙H1730 · dodbelovedלְגַנּ֔וֹH1588 · ganGarden (of Uzza)וְיֹאכַ֖לH398 · a.khalto eatפְּרִ֥יH6529 · pe.rifruitמְגָדָֽיו׃H4022 · me.gedexcellence
Cross-references
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.Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.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.Song of Solomon 4:13-14Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,Ezekiel 37:9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.Acts 2:1-2And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.Isaiah 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,Philippians 1:9-11And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;John 3:8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.Acts 4:31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.Colossians 1:9-12For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;2 Corinthians 9:10-15Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)Song of Solomon 8:12My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.Matthew 26:12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.Isaiah 51:9-11Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?John 5:8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.Romans 15:28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
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