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Song of Songs 1:3
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 1:3
New Catholic Bible
3 fragrant is the scent of your anointing oils.[a]
Your name is a perfume poured out,
and that is why the maidens love you.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 1:3 Fragrant . . . your anointing oils: an image of the charms that attract the heart. Maidens: perhaps members of the royal court (see Song 6:8-9). They may also stand for the nations (see Isa 23:12; 37:22; 47:1; Jer 14:17).
