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Song of Songs 8:13

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
Song of Songs 8:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
  • KJV Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
  • NKJV You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it! The Shulamite
  • NASB ¶“You who sit in the gardens: My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it!”
  • NLT O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too!

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Quick answer

The beloved, with friends nearby, asks to hear the bride's voice. Love delights to hear the voice of the one it cherishes.

Overview

As the book draws to a close, the beloved longs simply to hear his bride speak, prizing her voice (cf. 2:14). The desire to hear the beloved expresses the intimacy and attentiveness of true love. This longing to hear the beloved's voice echoes the way Scripture pictures the Lord delighting in the prayers and praise of his people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • 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.
  • Song 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
  • Song 5:9–16How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
  • Song 3:7–11Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
  • Song 6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
  • 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.
  • Song 2:13–14The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
  • Song 7:11–12Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
  • Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  • Ps 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
  • Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
  • Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  • John 14:13–14And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • Judg 11:38“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
  • John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  • Judg 14:11And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
  • John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  • John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Song of Songs 8:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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