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Song of Solomon 1:3

The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

World English Bible

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

American Standard Version

Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee.

Darby Translation

Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Young's Literal Translation

For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out — thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!

Bible in Basic English

Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

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Cross references

“the savour”

Ecclesiastes 7:1 Song of Solomon 4:10 Exodus 30:23–28 John 12:3 Psalm 133:2 2 Corinthians 2:14–16

Ecclesiastes 7:1 · BSB

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Song of Solomon 4:10 · BSB

How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

Exodus 30:23–28 · BSB

“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

John 12:3 · BSB

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Psalm 133:2 · BSB

It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.

2 Corinthians 2:14–16 · BSB

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

“thy name”

Matthew 1:21–23 Exodus 34:5–7 Exodus 33:12 Exodus 33:19 Psalm 89:15 Psalm 89:16

Matthew 1:21–23 · BSB

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

Exodus 34:5–7 · BSB

And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

Exodus 33:12 · BSB

Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’

Exodus 33:19 · BSB

“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Psalm 89:15 · BSB

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 89:16 · BSB

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

“the virgins”

Revelation 14:4 Psalm 45:14 Matthew 25:1 2 Corinthians 11:2 Song of Solomon 6:8

Revelation 14:4 · BSB

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Psalm 45:14 · BSB

In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

Matthew 25:1 · BSB

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Song of Solomon 6:8 · BSB

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. The Friends We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Bride It is only right that they adore you.

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