Song of Solomon 1:13
New International Version
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

New Living Translation
My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.

English Standard Version
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.

Berean Standard Bible
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

King James Bible
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

New King James Version
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts.

New American Standard Bible
“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

NASB 1995
“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

NASB 1977
“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

Legacy Standard Bible
My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

Amplified Bible
“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

Christian Standard Bible
The one I love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts.

American Standard Version
My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A pouch of myrrh is he who loves me; between my breasts he will stay

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.

Contemporary English Version
My darling, you are perfume between my breasts;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.

English Revised Version
My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My beloved is a pouch of myrrh that lies at night between my breasts.

Good News Translation
My lover has the scent of myrrh as he lies upon my breasts.

International Standard Version
My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh that lies between my breasts all night.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.

Literal Standard Version
A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, | Between my breasts it lodges.

Majority Standard Bible
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

New American Bible
My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh; between my breasts he lies.

NET Bible
My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts.

New Revised Standard Version
My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh that lies between my breasts.

New Heart English Bible
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

Webster's Bible Translation
A bundle of myrrh is my well beloved to me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

World English Bible
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

Young's Literal Translation
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.

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Context
The Bride Confesses Her Love
12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.…

Cross References
John 19:39
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

Psalm 45:8
All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

Song of Solomon 4:16
Awake, 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 of Solomon 5:1
I have come to 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, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.


Treasury of Scripture

A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

bundle

Song of Solomon 4:6,14
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense…

Song of Solomon 5:1,5,13
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved…

Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

he shall

Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 8:3,4
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me…

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Song of Solomon 1
1. the church's love unto Christ
5. She confesses her deformity
7. and prays to be directed, to his flock
8. Christ directs her to the shepherd's tents
9. and showing his love to her
11. gives her gracious promises
12. the church and Christ congratulate one another














(13) A bundle of myrrh.--The mention of perfumes leads the poet to a new adaptation of the language of flowers. For myrrh (Heb., mor), see Genesis 37:25. For various personal and domestic uses, see Psalm 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Proverbs 5:13. Ginsburg quotes from the Mischna to prove the custom, alluded to in the text, of wearing sachets, or bottles of myrrh, suspended from the neck. Tennyson's exquisite little song in The Miller's Daughter suggests itself as a comparison:--

"And I would be the necklace,

And all day long to fall and rise

Upon her balmy bosom . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My beloved
דּוֹדִי֙ (dō·w·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

is to me
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

a sachet
צְר֨וֹר (ṣə·rō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle

of myrrh
הַמֹּ֤ר ׀ (ham·mōr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4753: Myrrh

resting
יָלִֽין׃ (yā·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

my breasts.
שָׁדַ֖י (šā·ḏay)
Noun - mdc | first person common singular
Strong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal


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