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Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

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ASV

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

KJV

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִ֣יmiwho?H4310 →
זֹ֗אתZotthisH2063 →
עֹלָה֙'o.Lah[is] coming upH5927 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַמִּדְבָּ֔רha.mid.Barthe wildernessH4057 →
כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹתke.ti.ma.Rotlike columns ofH8490 →
עָשָׁ֑ן'a.ShansmokeH6227 →
מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶתme.ku.Te.ret[who is] perfumed ofH6999 →
מוֹר֙mOrmyrrhH4753 →
וּלְבוֹנָ֔הu.le.vo.Nahand frankincenseH3828 →
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom allH3605 →
אַבְקַ֥ת'av.Kat[the] scent-powder ofH81 →
רוֹכֵֽל׃ro.Khela traderH7402 →

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Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.Song of Solomon 1:13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.Song of Solomon 4:6Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.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.Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.Song of Solomon 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Song of Solomon 4:12–14My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.Jeremiah 31:2This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.Joel 2:29–31Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.Matthew 21:10When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”Song of Solomon 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?Exodus 13:21–22And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

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