Song of Solomon 4:10

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“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.”

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Read Song of Solomon 4:10 in the flow of Song of Solomon4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Song of Solomon4 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 4:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Song of Solomon 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
  2. Song of Solomon 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
  3. Song of Solomon 1:12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
  4. Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
  5. Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
  6. Song of Solomon 7:6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
  7. 2 Corinthians 1:21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
  8. Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  9. 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.
  10. Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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