Song of Solomon 7:14

15 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Les mandragores donnent [leur] parfum ; et à nos portes il y a tous les fruits exquis, nouveaux et anciens : mon bien-aimé, je les ai gardés pour toi !

Brenton English Septuagint

The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for thee.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les mandragores répandent leur parfum, Et nous avons à nos portes tous les meilleurs fruits, Nouveaux et anciens: Mon bien-aimé, je les ai gardés pour toi.

Croatian Bible

Mandragore šire miris, u našim kućama ima svakog voća, novoga i starog, za te sam ga čuvala, o najdraži moj!

German Textbibel

Die Liebesäpfel verbreiten Duft, und an unseren Thüren sind allerlei köstliche Früchte; frische, auch alte, mein Geliebter, habe ich dir aufbewahrt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The mandrakes have given a smell, And at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for thee.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֨ינוּ֙ כָּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דּוֹדִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

SEPTUAGINTA

οἱ μανδραγόραι ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν, καὶ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡμῶν πάντα ἀκρόδρυα, νέα πρὸς παλαιά, ἀδελφιδέ μου, ἐτήρησά σοι.

Brenton Septuagint

Οἱ μανδραγόραι ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν· καὶ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡμῶν πάντα ἀκρόδρυα νέα πρὸς παλαιὰ, ἀδελφιδέ μου, ἐτήρησά σοι.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Пахнуть вже там мандрагори; у дверей наших всякі що найлучші плоди, нові й давні; все те я надбала про тебе, мій любий.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Russian Synodal Bible

Мандрагоры уже пустили благовоние, и у дверей наших всякие превосходные плоды, новые и старые: это сберегла я для тебя, мой возлюбленный!

Hebrew Masoretic OT

הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙ כָּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דֹּודִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

Mashi Bible

Amandragori gohe gakola gadwîrhe gabaya, n’amalehe minjà goshi aha lusò garhuli. Amahyâhya n’amarhanzi, nkubîkirego wâshi Muzigirwa wâni.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The mandrakes send out their fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of pleasant fruits, chadashim (new ones) and yeshanim (old ones), which I have stored up and kept for thee, O dodi (my beloved).

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Attribution

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Both positions are shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 970 BC–931 BC Solomon
Ascribed to Solomon by the text's own superscription.
Critical: 450 BC–200 BC Anonymous
Language and vocabulary, including Persian and possibly Greek influence, point to a much later composition.

Elsewhere in the world

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The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
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The Iliad and Odyssey were fixed in writing after generations of oral transmission.
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722 BC Fall of Samaria Levant
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587 BC–586 BC Fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile Levant
Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed the temple and deported the Judean elite to Babylon.
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