Song of Songs 3:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who is this that cometh{H5927} up from the wilderness{H4057} Like pillars{H8490} of smoke,{H6227} Perfumed{H6999} with myrrh{H4753} and frankincense,{H3828} With all powders{H81} of the merchant?{H7402}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who is this that cometh{H5927}{(H8802)} out of the wilderness{H4057} like pillars{H8490} of smoke{H6227}, perfumed{H6999}{(H8794)} with myrrh{H4753} and frankincense{H3828}, with all powders{H81} of the merchant{H7402}{(H8802)}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Who is this, that commeth out of ye wyldernesse like pilers of smoke, as it were a smell of Myrre, frankencense and all maner spyces of the Apotecary?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Who is shee that commeth vp out of the wildernes like pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrhe and incense, and with all the spices of the marchant?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Who is this that commeth vp out of the wyldernesse like vapours of smoke, as it were a smell of myrre, frankensence, and all maner spices of the Apothecarie?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all spices of the merchant?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Who `is' this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed `with' myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Royal Wedding ProcessionThe Speaker: Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense, every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants?

Referenced Verses

  • Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
  • Song 1:13 : 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
  • Song 4:6 : 6 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
  • Song 4:12-14 : 12 A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain. 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants. 14 Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices.
  • Song 5:5 : 5 I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.
  • Exod 13:21-22 : 21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
  • Exod 30:34 : 34 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Take fragrant spices—stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures.
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth—do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
  • Jer 31:2 : 2 This is what the LORD says: The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness as Israel journeyed to find rest.
  • Joel 2:29-31 : 29 Even on my male and female servants, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. 30 I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
  • Matt 2:11 : 11 Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Acts 2:18-21 : 18 Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
  • 2 Cor 2:14-16 : 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and manifests the aroma of the knowledge of Him through us in every place. 15 For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To one, we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is adequate for such a task?
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • Col 3:1-2 : 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things above, not on the things on the earth.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
  • Rev 12:6 : 6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God to be taken care of for 1,260 days.
  • Rev 12:14 : 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle so that she might fly to the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 4:6
    81%

    6 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 8:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

    4 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not awaken or stir up love until it pleases.

    5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

  • Song 1:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

    12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

    13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

  • Song 3:2-5
    4 verses
    79%

    2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares; I will seek the one my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

    3 The watchmen who patrol the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?"

    4 Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

    5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field: do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 'I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.'

    18 'Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with loving caresses.'

  • Song 1:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

    3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

    4 Take me away with you—let us run! The king has brought me into his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

    5 I am dark but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

  • Song 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

    2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

  • Song 6:10
    77%

    10 Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love.

    2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."

  • Song 2:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field, not to awaken or stir up love until it pleases.

    8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

    9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

    10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.'

  • Song 4:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants.

    14 Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices.

    15 You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon.

    16 Awaken, north wind, and come, south wind! Breathe on my garden so that its spices may flow. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.

  • Song 4:10
    76%

    10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

  • Song 5:13
    76%

    13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.

  • Song 8:14
    76%

    14 Hurry, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

  • Song 4:8
    75%

    8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summit of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions and the mountains of leopards.

  • Song 5:9
    75%

    9 What makes your beloved better than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What makes your beloved better than another, that you should beg us so passionately?

  • Song 7:6
    75%

    6 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the flowing locks of your hair are like royal purple. The king is captivated by its tresses.

  • Song 2:13
    75%

    13 The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

  • Song 5:16
    74%

    16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

    8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.

    9 I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

  • Song 7:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10 Your mouth is like the finest wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding over the lips of those who are asleep.

    11 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

    12 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields; let us lodge in the villages.

    13 Let us rise early and go to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

  • Ps 45:8
    74%

    8 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions.

  • Song 6:4
    73%

    4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my love, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with banners.

  • Song 5:5
    73%

    5 I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.

  • Song 3:7
    73%

    7 Look, it is Solomon's couch, surrounded by sixty valiant men, the warriors of Israel.

  • Song 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 He made its posts of silver, its backrest of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem.

    11 Come out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.