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Song of Songs 4:13
13Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices— henna with nard,
Song of Songs 4:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
- New International Version (NIV)Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates With pleasant fruits, Fragrant henna with spikenard,
Context of Song of Songs 4:13
11Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented like the cedars of Lebanon. 12You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain. Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices— henna with nard, 14nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, and every other lovely spice. 15You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.
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שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙ פַּרְדֵּ֣ס רִמּוֹנִ֔ים עִ֖ם פְּרִ֣י מְגָדִ֑ים כְּפָרִ֖ים עִם־נְרָדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Song of Songs 4:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates - This seems to refer to the fecundity of the bride or Jewish queen; to the former it would be a prediction; to the latter, a statement of what had already taken place. The word פרדס pardes, which we translate an orchard, is the same which has given birth to our paradise, a garden of pleasure. The other expressions, in this and the following verse, seem to refer wholly to matters of a connubial nature.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, Ps. 57:4. Christ's heart…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The man now describes the most beautiful and pleasurable place between his lover's thighs.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. orchard--Hebrew, "a paradise," that is, a pleasure-ground and orchard. Not only flowers, but fruit trees (Joh 15:8; Php 1:11). camphire--not camphor (So 1:14), hennah, or cypress blooms.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 13Your arid fields Dry land is called בֵּית הַשְּׁלָחִין. It must be continually irrigated, and a field watered by rain is superior to it. Here he praises the arid field. Your arid fields are replete with all good like a pomegranate orchard. This is symbolic of the smallest of Israel, who are moist with good deeds like a pomegranate orchard.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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