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

Other Translations of Song of Solomon 4:13

King James Version

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, camphire: or, cypress with spikenard,

English Standard Version

13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,

The Message

13 Body and soul, you are paradise, a whole orchard of succulent fruits - Ripe apricots and peaches, oranges and pears; Nut trees and cinnamon, and all scented woods;

New King James Version

13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates With pleasant fruits, Fragrant henna with spikenard,

New Living Translation

13 Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices- henna with nard,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:13

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:8-15

(Read Song of Solomon 4:8-15)

Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, John 4:14; 7:38, the influences of the Holy Spirit. The world knows not these wells of salvation, nor can any opposer corrupt this fountain. Saints in the church, and graces in the saints, are fitly compared to fruits and spices. They are planted, and do not grow of themselves. They are precious; they are the blessings of this earth. They will be kept to good purpose when flowers are withered. Grace, when ended in glory, will last for ever. Christ is the source which makes these gardens fruitful; even a well of living waters.