Song of Songs 1:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.

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  • Ps 45:8 : 8 Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
  • John 19:39 : 39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
  • Gen 43:11 : 11 And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
  • Song 2:7 : 7 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
  • Song 3:5 : 5 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.
  • Song 4:6 : 6 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
  • Song 4:14 : 14 Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
  • Song 5:5 : 5 I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
  • Song 8:3-4 : 3 His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me. 4 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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  • 14 My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.

  • 12 While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume.

  • Song 4:5-6
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    5 Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.

    6 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Prov 7:17-18
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    17 I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

    18 Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.

  • Song 7:9-13
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    9 And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

    10 I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.

    11 Come, my loved one, let us go out into the field; let us take rest among the cypress-trees.

    12 Let us go out early to the vine-gardens; let us see if the vine is in bud, if it has put out its young fruit, and the pomegranate is in flower. There I will give you my love.

    13 The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.

  • Song 2:16-17
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    16 My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.

    17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 3:4-6
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    4 I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

    5 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

    6 Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

  • 13 His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

  • Song 6:1-3
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    1 Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

    2 My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

    3 I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.

  • 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

  • Song 5:1-2
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    1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

    2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

  • Song 8:3-4
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    3 His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.

    4 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

  • Song 4:9-13
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    9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!

    10 How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

    11 Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

    12 A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

    13 The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,

  • 16 His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 2:8-10
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    8 The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.

    9 My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.

    10 My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 2:2-3
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    2 As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

    3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Song 1:2-4
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    2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

    3 Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

    4 Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

  • Song 5:5-6
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    5 I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door.

    6 I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

  • Song 5:9-10
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    9 What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

    10 My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

  • 7 Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

  • 6 How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.

  • 15 You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

  • 14 Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.

  • 16 See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.

  • 9 I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

  • 1 By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.