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Song of Solomon 3:6 — Meaning and Application
King James 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?”
Song of Solomon 3:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
{It was} but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, till he please.
Who {is} this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold his bed, which {is} Solomon's; threescore valiant men {are} about it, of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords, {being} expert in war: every man {hath} his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
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