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Song of Songs 7:12

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.
Song of Songs 7:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
  • KJV Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
  • NKJV Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, Whether the grape blossoms are open, And the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.
  • NASB “Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards; Let’s see whether the vine has grown And its buds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.
  • NLT Let us get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded, if the blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

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Quick answer

She proposes rising early to see the budding vineyards and there to give her love to her beloved. Love links the renewal of springtime with the renewal of its own delight.

Overview

The blossoming vines and pomegranates signal spring, a fitting setting for love's flowering. The bride freely offers her love to her beloved in this place of fruitfulness. The frank yet pure expression of married affection is honored here, and the imagery of fruitful vineyards resonates with the biblical theme of the fruitfulness God delights to give.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Song 6:11I 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.
  • Eph 6:24Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
  • Song 7:6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
  • 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
  • 1 Th 3:5–6For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
  • Song 2:13The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
  • Ps 122:5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
  • Heb 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • Heb 2:13And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
  • Song 4:16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
  • Heb 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  • Ps 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
  • Ps 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
  • Ps 63:3–8Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  • Exod 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
  • Rom 5:11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  • Song 2:15Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
  • Prov 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Prov 24:30–31I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
  • Isa 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
  • Eccl 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Ezek 20:40–41For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
  • Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  • 2 Cor 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  • Heb 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

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