Song of Songs 1:3

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

For fragrance [are] your good perfumes. Perfume emptied out—your name, || Therefore have virgins loved you!

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC1:2

Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.

GNV1:2

Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.

JPS

Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.

LXXE

And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְרֵ֨יחַ֙ שְׁמָנֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִ֔ים שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑ךָ עַל־כֵּ֖ן עֲלָמ֥וֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃

LXX-Br

μῦρον ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σου· διὰ τοῦτο νεάνιδες ἠγάπησάν σε,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
• Exodus 30:23–28“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane, 500 shekels of cassia —all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive…
• John 12:3Then 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.
• Song of Songs 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
• Psalms 45:7–8You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of…
• Philippians 2:9–10Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
• Revelation 14:4These 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.
• Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Psalms 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
• Psalms 133:2It 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 2:14–16But 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. For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are…
• Isaiah 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His…
• Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the…
• Song of Songs 5:13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
• Matthew 25:1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
• Matthew 1:21–23She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin…

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