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The Bride

Song of Songs 1:14

In 11 translations

BSB
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
KJV
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.camphire: or, cypress
WEB
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
ASV
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.
LSV
A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, || In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
YLT
A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
DBY
My beloved is unto me a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of Engedi.
DRC1:13
A cluster of cypress my love is to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.
GNV1:13
My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.
JPS
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
LXXE
My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל הַכֹּ֤פֶר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בְּכַרְמֵ֖י עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי׃
LXX-Br
Βότρυς τῆς κύπρου ἀδελφιδός μου ἐμοὶ, ἐν ἀμπελῶσιν Ἐνγαδδί.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 23:29–24:1And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
  • Joshua 15:62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
  • Song of Songs 2:3Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  • Song of Songs 1:13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
  • Song of Songs 4:13–14Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard, with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 1:13 in some Bibles
  • 1:14 in most Bibles

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