Song of Solomon 4:13

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“Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,”

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BSBPD

“Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 4:13 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
  3. Song of Solomon 1:12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
  4. Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
  5. Song of Solomon 4:14with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
  6. Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
  7. Song of Solomon 6:11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
  8. Song of Solomon 7:12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.
  9. Song of Solomon 8:2I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
  10. Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  11. Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
  12. Joel 2:8They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
  13. Mark 14:3While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
  14. 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.
  15. John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
  16. Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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