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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.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
A Conservative Version
Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.
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.
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
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Context Readings
Maiden's Soliloquy
2 For thy love is more pleasant than wine, 3 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. 4 Draw thou me unto thee; we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his privy chamber: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we think more of thy love than of wine. They that be righteous love thee.
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is more worth than a precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
Psalm 45:14
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.
Song of Songs 4:10
O how fair are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse? Thy breasts are more pleasant than wine, and the smell of thine ointments passeth all spices.
John 12:3
Then took Mary a pound of ointment called nard, perfect and precious, and anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and all the house was filled of the savour of the ointment.
Exodus 30:23-28
"Take principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred sicles, of sweet cinnamon half so much, two hundred and fifty sicles:
Exodus 33:12
And Moses said unto the LORD, "See, thou saidest unto me, 'Lead this people forth,' but thou showest me not whom thou wilt send with me. And hast said moreover, 'I know thee by name and thou hast also found grace in my sight.'
Exodus 33:19
And he said, "I will make all my good go before thee, and I will be called in this name Jehovah before thee, and will show mercy to whom I show mercy, and will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
Exodus 34:5-7
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there: and he called upon the name of the LORD.
Psalm 45:7-8
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psalm 89:15-16
Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee; they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 133:2
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard; even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.
Proverbs 27:9
The heart is glad of a sweet ointment and savour, but a stomach that can give good counsel, rejoiceth a man's neighbour.
Song of Songs 3:6
Who is this, that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, as it were a smell of Myrrh, frankincense and all manner spices of the Apothecary?
Song of Songs 5:5
so that I stood up to open unto my beloved. My hands dropped with Myrrh, and the Myrrh ran down my fingers upon the lock.
Song of Songs 5:13
His cheeks are like a garden bed, wherein the Apothecaries plant all manner of sweet things; His lips are like roses that drop sweet smelling Myrrh.
Song of Songs 6:8
There are threescore Queens, and fourscore concubines, and young women without number.
Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. Upon his shoulders shall the kingdom lie, and he shall be called with his own name, "Wonderful, the giver of counsel, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace."
Isaiah 61:3
That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
"Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I will raise up the righteous Branch of David, which shall bear rule, and discuss matters with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in the earth.
Matthew 1:21-23
She shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus: For he shall save his people from their sins."
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went to meet the bridegroom:
2 Corinthians 2:14-16
Thanks be unto God which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and openeth the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I coupled you to one man, to make you a chaste virgin to Christ:
Philippians 2:9-10
Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names:
Philippians 4:18
I received all, and have plenty. I was even filled after that I have received of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odor that smelleth sweet, a sacrifice accepted and pleasant to God.
Revelation 14:4
These are they, which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from men being the first fruits unto God and to the lamb,