Song of Solomon 4:16 BSB

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

BSB

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ASV

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.

KJV

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Death of Satyrus 2.118 (397)

Recognize also the voice of the church inviting us when it says, "Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden and let my ointments flow forth. Let my brother come down into his garden and eat the fruit of his apple trees." For knowing even then, O holy church, that from these also you would have fruitful works, you promised to your anointed one the fruit from such as these. It was you who first said that you were brought into the king's chamber, loving [Christ's] breasts above wine.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2475: “"My Garden"—"His Garden"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1896)

WHAT a difference there is between what the Believer was by nature and what the Grace of God has made him! Naturally, we were like the waste howling wilderness, like the desert which yields no healthy plant or verdure. It seemed as if we were given over to be like a salt land which is not inhabited—no good thing was in us, or could spring out of us. But now, as many of us as have known the Lord are transformed into gardens—our wilderness is made like Eden, our desert is changed into the garden of the Lord.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

These, therefore, are not wanted; but first the north wind clearing the air (Job 37:22; Pr 25:23), and then the warm south wind (Job 37:17); so the Holy Ghost first clearing away mists of gloom, error, unbelief, sin, which intercept the light of Jesus Christ, then infusing spiritual warmth (2Co 4:6), causing the graces to exhale their odor.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ע֤וּרִי	'U.ri	awake	H5782 →
צָפוֹן֙	tza.fOn	O north wind	H6828 →
וּב֣וֹאִי	u.Vo.'i	and come	H935 →
תֵימָ֔ן	tei.Man	O south wind	H8486 →
הָפִ֥יחִי	ha.Fi.chi	make breathe	H6315 →
גַנִּ֖י	ga.Ni	garden my	H1588 →
יִזְּל֣וּ	yi.ze.Lu	let them flow	H5140 →
בְשָׂמָ֑יו	ve.sa.Mav	spices its	H1314 →
יָבֹ֤א	ya.Vo'	let him come	H935 →
דוֹדִי֙	do.Di	lover my	H1730 →
לְגַנּ֔וֹ	le.ga.No	to garden his	H1588 →
וְיֹאכַ֖ל	ve.yo.Khal	so he may eat	H398 →
פְּרִ֥י	pe.Ri	[the] fruit of	H6529 →
מְגָדָֽיו׃	me.ga.Dav	choice<s> its	H4022 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
  Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Through
Ezekiel 37:9
Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe…
leads to
- John 3:8
  The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Through
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.…
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:2
  My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Through
Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 5:13
  His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

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04Related verses

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06About Song of Solomon

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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