The fig tree puts forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grapes Give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away!
Parallel translations
- WEB The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
- KJV The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- BSB The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- NASB ‘The fig tree has ripened its fruit, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!’ ”
- NLT The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”
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Quick answer
The fig ripens and the vines blossom; again he calls her to come away. It renews the joyful invitation amid blossoming life.
Overview
Ripening figs and fragrant blossoming vines complete the picture of fruitful spring, and the beloved repeats his tender summons. The flourishing season frames an invitation to shared joy. The repeated "arise and come away" echoes the gracious call of the Lord to His people to walk with Him in newness of life (Rom. 6:4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Song 2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
- Isa 55:10–11For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- 2 Cor 6:1–2Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
- Isa 61:11For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- Luke 13:6–7He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
- Song 7:11–13Come, my beloved, let us go out into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.
- Isa 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
- Song 7:8I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples,
- 2 Cor 5:20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- Hag 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
- Luke 19:42saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
- Matt 24:32“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
- Hos 14:6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
- Song 6:11I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
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The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.
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