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A Conservative Version
Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.
New American Standard Bible
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Therefore the
King James Version
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Holman Bible
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women
International Standard Version
The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you.
American Standard Version
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
Amplified
“The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing;
Your name is perfume poured out;
Therefore the maidens love you.
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.
Darby Translation
Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
Julia Smith Translation
To the odor of the good ointments thy name shall be poured forth an ointment; for this, the maidens loved thee.
King James 2000
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As fragrance, {your perfumes} [are] {delightful}; your name is poured out {perfume}; therefore young women love you.
Modern King James verseion
For Your ointments have a lovely fragrance; Your name is as oil poured out; therefore the virgins love You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that because of the good and pleasant savour. Thy name is sweet smelling ointment when it is shed forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
NET Bible
The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!
New Heart English Bible
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
The Emphasized Bible
Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.
Webster
Because of the savor 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 forth, therefore the virgins love you.
Youngs Literal Translation
For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Soliloquy
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine. 3 Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will make mention of thy love more than of wine. Rightly do they love thee.
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.
Psalm 45:14
She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.
John 12:3
Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment.
Exodus 30:23-28
Take thou also to thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
Exodus 33:12
And Moses said to LORD, See, thou say to me, Bring up this people, and thou have not let me know whom thou will send with me. Yet thou have said, I know thee by name, and thou have also found favor in my sight.
Exodus 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of LORD before thee. {I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate (LXX/NT)}.
Exodus 34:5-7
And LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of LORD.
Psalm 45:7-8
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Psalm 89:15-16
Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 133:2
It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that came down upon the skirt of his garments,
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Song of Songs 3:6
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Song of Songs 6:8
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 61:3
to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that
Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Matthew 1:21-23
And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16
And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous for you with a jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, a pure virgin to present to the Christ.
Philippians 2:9-10
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name,
Philippians 4:18
But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.
Revelation 14:4
These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were out of men purchased by Jesus, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.