Song of Solomon 2:13

2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

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.

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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.”

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.

The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. ¶

2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

What does Song of Solomon 2:13 mean?

Song of Solomon 2:13 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include תְּאֵן (tᵉʼên), חָנַט (chânaṭ), פַּג (pag). It connects to 2 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

The

fig

treeתְּאֵןtᵉʼên/teh-ane'/H8384the fig (tree or fruit)

putteth

forthחָנַטchânaṭ/khaw-nat'/H2590to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen

her

green

figs,פַּגpag/pag/H6291crude; an unripe fig

and

the

vinesגֶּפֶןgephen/gheh'-fen/H1612a vine (as twining), especially the grape

with

the

tender

grapeסְמָדַרçᵉmâdar/sem-aw-dar'/H5563a vine blossom; used also adverbially, abloom

giveנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

good

smell.רֵיחַrêyach/ray'-akh/H7381odor (as if blown)

Arise,קוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

love,רַעְיָהraʻyâh/rah-yaw'/H7474a female associate

fair

one,יָפֶהyâpheh/yaw-feh'/H3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)

and

come

away.יָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:13

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 2:13

italic">as a despised broken vessel, and as a vessel in which there was no pleasure. Good men, when they are drooping and melancholy, sometimes think themselves more slighted than really they are. 2. Because, though his affliction was great, yet it had not driven him from his duty, and therefore he was within the reach of God's promise: Yet do I not forget thy statutes. Whatever our outward condition is we must not cool in our affection to the word of God, nor let that slip out of our minds; no care, no grief, must crowd that out. As some drink and forget the law ( Prov. xxxi. 5 ), so others weep and forget the law; but we must in every condition, both prosperous and adverse, have the things of God in remembrance; and, if we be mindful of God's statutes, we may pray and hope that he will be mindful of our sorrows, though for a time he seems to forget us. 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? Here, I. David prays against the instruments of his troubles, that God would make haste to execute judgment on those that persecuted him. He prays not for power to avenge himself (he bore no malice to any), but that God would take to himself the vengeance that belonged to him, and would repay ( Rom. xii. 19 ), as the God that sits in the throne judging right. There is a day coming, and a great and terrible day it will be, when God will execute judgment on all the proud persecutors of his people, tribulation to those that troubled them; Enoch foretold it ( Jude 14 ), whose prophecy perhaps David here had an eye to; and that day we are to look for and pray for the hastening of. Come, Lord Jesus,

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 16:27

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. An: Heb. A man of Belial

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 2:13.

1 Kings 4:25

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. safely: Heb. confidently

2 Kings 18:31

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: Make: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing cistern: or, pit

Habakkuk 3:17

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: fail: Heb. lie

Haggai 2:19

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

Hosea 2:12

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. destroy: Heb. make desolate

Isaiah 34:4

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

Isaiah 36:16

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; Make: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing

Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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What does Song of Solomon 2:13 say?

Song of Solomon 2:13 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Song of Solomon 2:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 2:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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