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Song of Solomon 4:16

4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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Awake, 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.

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow on my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

What does Song of Solomon 4:16 mean?

Song of Solomon 4:16 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עוּר (ʻûwr), צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn), בּוֹא (bôwʼ). It connects to 12 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Awake,עוּרʻûwr/oor/H5782to wake (literally or figuratively)
O
north
wind;צָפוֹןtsâphôwn/tsaw-fone'/H6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
and
come,בּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
thou
south;תֵּימָןtêymân/tay-mawn'/H8486the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
blowפּוּחַpûwach/poo'akh/H6315to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
upon
my
garden,גַּןgan/gan/H1588a garden (as fenced)
that
the
spicesבֶּשֶׂםbesem/beh'-sem/H1314fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
thereof
may
flow
out.נָזַלnâzal/naw-zal'/H5140to drip, or shed by trickling
Let
my
belovedדּוֹדdôwd/dode/H1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into
his
garden,גַּןgan/gan/H1588a garden (as fenced)
and
eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
his
pleasantמֶגֶדmeged/meh'-ghed/H4022properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
fruits.פְּרִיpᵉrîy/per-ee'/H6529fruit (literally or figuratively)

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 4:16
and his expectation from it: " Uphold me, according to thy word, which word I hope in; and, if it be not performed, I shall be made ashamed of my hope, and be called a fool for my credulity." But those that hope in God's word may be sure that the word will not fail them, and therefore their hope will not make them ashamed. (2.) He pleads the great need he had of God's grace and the great advantage it would be of to him: Uphold me, that I may live, intimating that he could not live without the grace of God; he should fall into sin, into death, into hell, if God did not hold him up; but, supported by his hand, he shall live; his spiritual life shall be maintained and be an earnest of eternal life. Hold me up, and I shall be safe, out of danger and out of the fear of danger. Our holy security is grounded on divine supports. (3.) He pleads his resolution, in the strength of this grace, to proceed in his duty: " Hold me up, and then I will have respect unto thy statutes continually and never turn my eyes or feet aside from them." I will employ myself (so some), I will delight myself (so others) in thy statutes. If God's right hand uphold us, we must, in his strength, go on in our duty both with diligence and pleasure. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Here is, I. God's judgment on wicked people, on those that wander from his statutes, that take their measures from other rules and will not have God to reign over them. All departure from God's statutes is certainly an error, and will prove a fatal one. These are the wicked of the earth; they mind earthly things, lay up their treasures in the earth, live in pleasure on the earth, and are strangers and enemies to heaven and heavenly things. Now see how God deals with them, that you may neither fear them nor envy them. 1. He treads them all down. He brings them to rui

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Isaiah 25:10

For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. trodden down under: or, threshed, etc trodden down for: or, threshed in Madmenah

Isaiah 44:20

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

Luke 21:24

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Ephesians 4:22

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. disobedience: or, unbelief

2 Thessalonians 2:9

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

1 John 2:21

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Revelation 14:20

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Revelation 18:23

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 4:16.

Deuteronomy 3:27

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. Pisgah: or, the hill

Exodus 26:35

And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Song of Solomon 4:15

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 6:2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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What does Song of Solomon 4:16 say?

Song of Solomon 4:16 (King James Version) reads: "Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."

Is Song of Solomon 4:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 4:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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