Song of Solomon 7:11-13
Expanded Bible
11 Come, my lover,
let’s go out ·into the country [L to the field; C a private place for intimacy]
and spend the night in the ·fields [villages].
12 Let’s go early to the vineyards
and see if the buds are on the vines.
Let’s see if the blossoms have already opened
and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes [C an aphrodisiac; Gen. 30:14–16] give their sweet smell,
and all the best ·fruits [gifts] are at our ·gates [entrance].
I have ·saved them [treasured them up] for you, my lover,
the old and the new [C everything near and dear].
Song of Solomon 7:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the [a]country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.
12 Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let’s (A)see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
13 The (B)mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all (C)delicious fruits,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:11 Lit field
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