Song of Solomon 4:13

Translations

Modern

Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Traditional

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Literal

Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with the choicest of fruits, henna with nard,

Latin

Emissiones tuæ paradisus malorum punicorum, cum pomorum fructibus, cypri cum nardo.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Notes

Song of Solomon 4:13–14

The man now describes the most beautiful and pleasurable place between his lover's thighs.

Song of Solomon 4:1–5:1

The marriage is now complete.
This poem is the first "descriptive poem" in the book (see also Song of Solomon 5:10–16; 6:4–6; 7:2–8). Scholars often call these poems by the Arabic term wasf (meaning "description"). These poems are similar to songs sung at modern Arabic weddings. They are preludes to sexual intimacy. In describing physical beauty, they often start at the head and move downward.

Theme notes and profiles

Beauty in Nature Human Sexuality

Related verses

Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Song of Solomon 6:11
I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
John 12:3
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Philippians 1:11
…filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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.
Song of Solomon 4:14
…with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
Mark 14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
Song of Solomon 7:12–13
Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
John 15:1–3
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

Glossary

Beauty Camphire Henna Incense Nard, Spikenard Paradise Perfume Song of Solomon

Topics

Bridegroom: Song of Camphire: (Henna, RV)): A Shrub Bearing Fragrant Flowers (Not Related to Camphor) Compared To Saints: Pomegranates Cypress: (Margin RV Henna) Righteous: Pomegranates Spikenard: An Aromatic Plant The Pomegranate-Tree: (An Orchard of) of the Church The Pomegranate-Tree: The Jews: Cultivated, in Orchards

Song of Solomon 4:13

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