3For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out — thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!


In Context

1 The Song of Songs, that is Solomon's.

2 Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.

3 For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out — thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!

4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

5 Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.