Song of Solomon 7:12
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.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
11Come, my loved one, let us go out into the field; let us take rest among the cypress-trees.
Cross References
Psalms 43:4Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
Proverbs 8:17Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Song of Solomon 2:15Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.
Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 7:11-13
Desiring Communion with Christ; The Love of the Church to Christ. 10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. These… Read the whole commentary →