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Young's Literal Translation

Song of Solomon 4:6

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Myrrh;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Incense;   Mountains;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Myrrh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canticles;   ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Song of Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Frankincense;   Gilead;   Song of Songs;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Frankincense,;   Myrrh;   Song of Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Myrrh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Frankincense;   Myrrh;   Song of Songs;   Wisdom of Solomon, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Demonology;   Frankincense;   Moriah;   Shekinah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Until the day breaksand the shadows flee,I will make my way to the mountain of myrrhand the hill of frankincense.
Hebrew Names Version
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, To the hill of frankincense.
King James Version
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
English Standard Version
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
New American Standard Bible
"Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
New Century Version
Until the day dawns and the shadows disappear, I will go to that mountain of myrrh and to that hill of incense.
Amplified Bible
"Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, [In my thoughts] I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
World English Bible
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, To the hill of frankincense.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Vntill the day breake, and the shadowes flie away, I wil go into the mountaine of myrrhe and to the mountaine of incense.
Legacy Standard Bible
Until the day breathesAnd the shadows flee,I will go my way to the mountain of myrrhAnd to the hill of frankincense.
Berean Standard Bible
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Contemporary English Version
I will hasten to those hills sprinkled with sweet perfume and stay there till sunrise.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the day's cool breeze comes up and the shadows lengthen, I will get myself to the mountain of myrrh to the hill of frankincense.
Darby Translation
Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will go to that mountain of myrrh and to that hill of frankincense while the day breathes its last breath, and the shadows run away.
George Lamsa Translation
Until the day is cool and the evening shadows decline, I will go to the mountains of myrrh and to the hills of frankincense.
Good News Translation
I will stay on the hill of myrrh, the hill of incense, until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears.
Lexham English Bible
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of the myrrh, to the hill of the frankincense.
Literal Translation
Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I myself will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hills of frankincense.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O that I might go to the mountayne of Myrre, and to the hyll of frankynsense: till the daye breake, and till the shadowes be past awaye.
American Standard Version
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
Bible in Basic English
Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
King James Version (1611)
Untill the day breake, and the shadowes flee away, I will get mee to the mountaines of myrrhe, and to the hill of frankincense.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
O that I might go to the mountaine of myrre, and to the hil of frankencense, til the day breake, and til the shadowes be past away.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
English Revised Version
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
til the dai sprynge, and shadewis ben bowid doun. Y schal go to the mounteyn of myrre, and to the litil hil of encense.
Update Bible Version
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get myself to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
Webster's Bible Translation
Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, I will repair to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
New English Translation
Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
New King James Version
Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
New Living Translation
Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
New Life Bible
Until the morning comes and the shadows hurry away, I will go to the mountain of perfume plants, to the hill of special perfume.
New Revised Standard
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hasten to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, and unto the hill of frankincense.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Revised Standard Version
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hie me to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
THE MESSAGE
The sweet, fragrant curves of your body, the soft, spiced contours of your flesh Invite me, and I come. I stay until dawn breathes its light and night slips away. You're beautiful from head to toe, my dear love, beautiful beyond compare, absolutely flawless.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.

Contextual Overview

1 Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead, 2 Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them. 3 As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil, 4 As the tower of David [is] thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty. 5 Thy two breasts [are] as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies. 6 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense. 7 Thou [art] all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

day: Song of Solomon 2:17, Malachi 4:2, Luke 1:78, 2 Peter 1:19, 1 John 2:8, Revelation 22:16

break: Heb. breathe

the mountain: Exodus 20:24, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:23-26, Exodus 37:29, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:6, Psalms 66:15, Isaiah 2:2, Malachi 1:11, Luke 1:9, Luke 1:10, Revelation 5:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 45:8 - All Song of Solomon 1:13 - bundle Song of Solomon 4:14 - trees John 19:39 - a

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
Genesis 4:3
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
Genesis 4:4
and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
Genesis 4:5
and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
Genesis 4:8
And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
Genesis 4:11
and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Genesis 4:13
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
Job 5:2
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Isaiah 1:18
Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,.... Until the day of grace breaks on every elect sinner, and the shadows of darkness, ignorance, and unbelief, are in a great measure fled and gone; or until the everlasting day breaks, and there will be no more night, nor any darkness of affliction, nor any more desertion, doubts, and fears; see Song of Solomon 2:17. They are the words of Christ, declaring whither he would go till that time came, as follows:

I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense: the allusion may be to the mountains and hills where these odoriferous plants grew. It is said of Pompey the great, that when he passed over Lebanon (later mentioned, Song of Solomon 4:8) and by Damascus, he went through sweet smelling groves and woods of frankincense and balsam s; and Lebanon is thought, by some t, to have its name from the frankincense that grew upon it; though rather from the whiteness of the snow continually on it. By this "mountain" and "hill" may be meant the church of Christ, gathered together in Gospel order, so called for its visibility and immovableness, Isaiah 2:2; and for the trees of righteousness which are planted and flourish there, the saints; and for the fragrancy of their graces; and for the sweet smelling odour of their sacrifices of prayer and praise; and because of the delight and pleasure Christ takes in his people, and they in him here; where they have mutual communion, so that it is to them both a mountain of myrrh and a hill of frankincense: particularly, here Christ delights to be, and here he resolves to dwell until his second coming.

s Florus de Gest. Roman. l. 3. c. 5. t Vid. Gabr. Sionita de Orient. Urb. c. 6. p. 14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Song of Solomon 4:6. Until the day break — Until the morning breeze. See Song of Solomon 2:17.

The shadows flee away — Till the sun sets.

Mountain of myrrh — Probably the same as the mountains of Bether, Song of Solomon 2:17. Mountains where the trees grew from which myrrh and incense were extracted.


 
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