Song of Solomon 7:13 BSB

Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

BSB

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ASV

The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

KJV

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentary on the Song of Songs 7.21 (397)

I have preserved for you, my brother, the new and the old; that is to say, I hold on to all the commandments of the new and the old Testament. Only the Church can say this: no other congregation says it, nor does the Synagogue, nor does it hold on to the new according to the literal meaning; nor does it hold on to the old according to the spirit. The heresy of Manichaeus does not say it, 'I have preserved for you the Old,' which does not accept the prophets.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The mandrakes give a smell,.... Or, "those lovely flowers", as Junius and Tremellius, and Piscator, translate the words; even those the church proposed to give to her beloved, when in the fields Some take them to be violets; others, jessamine; others, more probably, lilies (g); as the circumstances of time and place, when and where they flourished, and their fragrant smell, and figure like cups, show.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Mandrakes - This Hebrew word is used Gen. xxx, 14, 15, and the signification of it is very much doubted and disputed by interpreters. The word here signifies sweet and pleasant flowers, and therefore if it be understood of mandrakes, they were of another sort than ours, as flowers of the same kind in several climates have very different natures and qualities.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים	ha.du.da.'Im	the mandrakes	H1736 →
נָֽתְנוּ־	na.te.nu-	they have given forth	H5414 →
רֵ֗יחַ	Rei.ach	an odor	H7381 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and [will be] over	H5921 →
פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙	pe.ta.Chei.nu	doorway<s> our	H6607 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מְגָדִ֔ים	me.ga.Dim	choice things	H4022 →
חֲדָשִׁ֖ים	cha.da.Shim	new	H2319 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
יְשָׁנִ֑ים	ye.sha.Nim	old	H3465 →
דּוֹדִ֖י	do.Di	O lover my	H1730 →
צָפַ֥נְתִּי	tza.Fan.ti	[which] I have stored up	H6845 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	for you

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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The walk8

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
Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
leads to
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Mark 9:41
  Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- 1 Peter 1:22
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Through
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:31
  So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Ephesians 6:10
  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Through
Matthew 13:52
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
leads to
- 1 John 2:7–8
  Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Song of Solomon