Song of Solomon 4 · Verse 13

Song of Solomon 4:13

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Song of Solomon 4:13, King James Version

Song of Solomon 4:13 in other translations

BSBYour branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
WEBYour shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,
ASVThy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,
YLTThy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits,
DARBYThy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants;
BBEThe produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,
WebsterThy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphor, with spikenard,

What does Song of Solomon 4:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. orchard--Hebrew, "a paradise," that is, a pleasure-ground and orchard. Not only flowers, but fruit trees (Joh 15:8; Php 1:11). camphire--not camphor (So 1:14), hennah, or cypress blooms.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates - This seems to refer to the fecundity of the bride or Jewish queen; to the former it would be a prediction; to the latter, a statement of what had already taken place. The word פרדס pardes, which we translate an orchard, is the same which has given birth to our paradise, a garden of pleasure. The other expressions, in this and the following verse, seem to refer wholly to matters of a connubial nature.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:8-15

Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among…

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Song of Solomon 4:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙she.la.Cha.yikhshoots yourH7973
פַּרְדֵּ֣סpar.Des[are] a garden ofH6508
רִמּוֹנִ֔יםri.mo.NimpomegranatesH7416
עִ֖ם'imwithH5973
פְּרִ֣יpe.Rifruit ofH6529
מְגָדִ֑יםme.ga.Dimchoice<s>H4022
כְּפָרִ֖יםke.fa.Rimhenna plantsH3724
עִם\־'im-withH5973
נְרָדִֽים\׃ne.ra.Dimnard plantsH5373

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 4:13

  • Song of Solomon 1:14

    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:5

    I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

  • Song of Solomon 6:11

    I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

  • Song of Solomon 1:12

    While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

  • Song of Solomon 8:2

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

  • John 15:1-3

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

  • Song of Solomon 4:14

    Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

  • Isaiah 61:11

    For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

  • Isaiah 60:21

    Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

  • Philippians 1:11

    Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  • Psalms 92:14

    They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  • Song of Solomon 6:2

    My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
are.
6:11; 7:12; 8:2; Ps 92:14; Ec 2:5; Isa 60:21; 61:11; Joh 15:1-3
Php 1:11
pleasant.
6:2
camphire. or, cypress.
14; 1:14
spikenard.
1:12; Mr 14:3; Joh 12:3

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 4:12

    A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song of Solomon 4:13

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

  • Song of Solomon 4:14

    Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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Song of Solomon 4:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus renuevos paraíso de granados, con frutos suaves, de cámphoras y nardos,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes plants sont un paradis de grenadiers et de fruits exquis, de henné et de nard,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Was dir entsproßt, ist ein Lustgarten von Granaten nebst edlen Früchten, Cyperblumen nebst Narden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Emissiones tuæ paradisus malorum punicorum, cum pomorum fructibus, cypri cum nardo.