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Song of Songs 7:13

There the mandrakes give off their fragrance, and the finest fruits are at our door, new delights as well as old, which I have saved for you, my lover.
Song of Songs 7:13 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
  • KJV The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
  • BSB The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
  • NKJV The mandrakes give off a fragrance, And at our gates are pleasant fruits, All manner, new and old, Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.
  • NASB “The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all delicious fruits, New as well as old, Which I have saved for you, my beloved.

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Quick answer

Fragrant mandrakes and choice fruits, both new and old, await the beloved, stored up by the bride. She lavishes every delight on the one she loves.

Overview

The mandrakes, anciently associated with love, and the abundance of fruits 'new and old' picture a love rich and well-stocked, offering both fresh and long-treasured delights. The bride keeps her best for her beloved. Such generous, wholehearted giving of oneself to one's spouse reflects the self-giving character that Scripture sets at the heart of love.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Gen 30:14Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
  • Matt 13:52He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
  • Isa 60:6–7A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
  • Isa 23:18Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
  • Gal 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
  • Eph 5:9for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
  • Phil 1:11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 3:17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
  • 1 Cor 2:9But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
  • 1 Cor 16:2On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
  • 1 Cor 8:8–9But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
  • Matt 25:40“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
  • John 15:8“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
  • Rom 15:25–27But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
  • Song 4:13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: henna with spikenard plants,
  • 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Song 4:16Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

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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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