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Song of Songs 1:13

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
Song of Songs 1:13 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
  • BSB My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
  • ESV My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
  • NKJV A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts.
  • NASB “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.
  • NLT My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 12

  • John 19:39Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
  • Ps 45:8All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
  • Eph 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Song 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
  • Song 5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
  • Song 8:3–4His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
  • Song 5:13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
  • Song 4:6Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.
  • Song 3:5I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
  • Gen 43:11Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
  • Song 2:7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
  • Song 4:14spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,

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