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Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits. <a href="/nlt/songs/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits. <a href="/esv/songs/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits. <a href="/bsb/songs/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits. <a href="/kjv/songs/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. <a href="/nkjv/songs/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits. <a href="/nasb_/songs/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Awake, north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, May its balsam oils flow. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its delicious fruits!” <a href="/nasb/songs/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/songs/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!” <a href="/lsb/songs/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices flow forth. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!” <a href="/amp/songs/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Awake, O north wind, And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden]; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights], Let its spices flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden And eat its choicest fruits.” <a href="/csb/songs/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Awaken, north wind; come, south wind. Blow on my garden, and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my love come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits. <a href="/hcsb/songs/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Awaken, north wind— come, south wind. Blow on my garden, and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my love come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits. <a href="/asv/songs/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits. <a href="/cev/songs/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Let the north wind blow, the south wind too! Let them spread the aroma of my garden, so the one I love may enter and taste its delicious fruits. <a href="/erv/songs/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits. <a href="/gwt/songs/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Awake, north wind! Come, south wind! Blow on my garden! Let its spices flow from it. Let my beloved come to his garden, and let him eat his own precious fruit. <a href="/gnt/songs/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Wake up, North Wind. South Wind, blow on my garden; fill the air with fragrance. Let my lover come to his garden and eat the best of its fruits. <a href="/isv/songs/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Awake, north wind, and come, south wind. Make my garden breathe out, let its fragrance flow. Let my beloved come into his garden, and let him eat its choicest fruits. <a href="/msb/songs/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits. <a href="/net/songs/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit! <a href="/nheb/songs/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Awake, north wind; and come, you south. Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. <a href="/wbt/songs/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. <a href="/web/songs/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/songs/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, "" Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, "" Let my beloved come to his garden, "" And eat its pleasant fruits! <a href="/ylt/songs/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits! <a href="/slt/songs/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden; its spices shall flow out. My beloved shall come to his garden, and he shall eat his most precious fruits.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/songs/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow. <a href="/cpdv/songs/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Rise up, north wind, and advance, south wind. Send a breeze through my garden, and carry its aromatic scents. <a href="/nabre/songs/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Awake, north wind! Come, south wind! Blow upon my garden that its perfumes may spread abroad. Let my lover come to his garden and eat its fruits of choicest yield. <a href="/nrsvce/songs/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden that its fragrance may be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/songs/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Awake, O north wind, and come, O you south wind; blow upon my garden that the perfume may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant fruit. <a href="/hpbt/songs/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Awaken, oh North, and come south wind! Blow in my garden! My sweet fragrances shall flow, and my beloved shall come to his garden, and he will eat from the fruit of his produce<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/songs/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Awake, O north wind; And come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits. <a href="/sep/songs/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out. <a href="/parallel/songs/4-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9D_QEk8ZdxU?start=601" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/songs/4.htm">Solomon Admires His Bride</a> …15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon. 16<a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: ‘ū·rî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">Awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: ṣā·p̄ō·wn (N-fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">O north wind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇō·w·’î (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8486.htm" title="8486: ṯê·mān (N-fs) -- South, south wind. Or teman; denominative from yamiyn; the south.">O south wind.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6315.htm" title="6315: hā·p̄î·ḥî (V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- To breathe, blow. A primitive root; to puff, i.e. Blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff.">Breathe on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1588.htm" title="1588: ḡan·nî (N-csc:: 1cs) -- An enclosure, garden. From ganan; a garden.">my garden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140: yiz·zə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To flow, trickle, drop, distill. A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling.">and spread the fragrance</a> <a href="/hebrew/1314.htm" title="1314: ḇə·śā·māw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Spice, balsam, the balsam tree. Or bosem; from the same as basam; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant.">of its spices.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1730.htm" title="1730: ḏō·w·ḏî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Or dod; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle.">Let my beloved</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/1588.htm" title="1588: lə·ḡan·nōw (Prep-l:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- An enclosure, garden. From ganan; a garden.">into his garden</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·yō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and taste</a> <a href="/hebrew/4022.htm" title="4022: mə·ḡā·ḏāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be eminent; properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as a product or fruit.">its choicest</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pə·rî (N-msc) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">fruits.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8-10</a> And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. / Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. / Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters: <a href="/psalms/104-16.htm">Psalm 104:16</a> The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted, <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-2</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Isaiah 27:2-3</a> In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. / I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; <a href="/isaiah/35-1.htm">Isaiah 35:1-2</a> The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. / It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11</a> For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a> I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. <a href="/joel/2-21.htm">Joel 2:21-22</a> Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. / Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13</a> “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-5</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a> The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">2 Corinthians 2:14-16</a> But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. / For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. / To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task? <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a> Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. <a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18</a> I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow on my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.awake<a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Song of Solomon 1:4</a> Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:6</a> The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.<a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9-11</a> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? … the spices<a href="/songs/4-13.htm">Song of Solomon 4:13,14</a> Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, … <a href="/songs/7-12.htm">Song of Solomon 7:12,13</a> 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… <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10-15</a> Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) … let<a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Song of Solomon 5:1</a> I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.<a href="/songs/8-12.htm">Song of Solomon 8:12</a> My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.<a href="/matthew/26-10.htm">Matthew 26:10,12</a> When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/16-28.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/songs/3-5.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/songs/4-15.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/psalms/147-18.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/songs/4-6.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/songs/4-13.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-7.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/songs/4-11.htm">Fragrance</a> <a href="/songs/4-13.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/songs/4-15.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/songs/3-11.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-3.htm">North</a> <a href="/songs/4-13.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/songs/4-13.htm">Precious</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-3.htm">South</a> <a href="/songs/4-14.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/songs/2-3.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/songs/5-2.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/songs/5-15.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/songs/5-13.htm">Fragrance</a> <a href="/songs/6-11.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/songs/7-1.htm">Good</a> <a href="/songs/5-8.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">North</a> <a href="/songs/7-6.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/songs/7-13.htm">Precious</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">South</a> <a href="/songs/5-13.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/songs/7-5.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Song of Solomon 4</div>1. <a href="/songs/4-1.htm">Christ sets forth the graces of the church</a> 8. <a href="/songs/4-8.htm">He shows forth his love to her</a> 16. <a href="/songs/4-16.htm">The church prays to be made fit for his presence</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/songs/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/songs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/songs/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. In the ancient Near East, the north and south winds were known for their distinct characteristics. The north wind was often cold and harsh, while the south wind was warm and gentle. This invocation of both winds symbolizes a desire for a full and balanced experience, suggesting a readiness for growth and change. Biblically, winds can represent the movement of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a>), indicating a spiritual awakening or renewal. The call for the winds to awaken may also reflect a longing for divine intervention and blessing.Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. The garden is a metaphor for the beloved's body or the intimate relationship between the lovers. In biblical times, gardens were places of beauty, fertility, and sustenance, often enclosed for protection and privacy. The request for the winds to breathe on the garden implies a desire for the relationship to flourish and for its virtues to be known. The spreading of fragrance suggests the influence and testimony of a godly life, reminiscent of the "fragrance of Christ" mentioned in <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">2 Corinthians 2:15</a>. The spices may symbolize the fruits of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>), indicating a life enriched by divine qualities.Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits. This phrase reflects an invitation for intimacy and communion. The beloved is invited to partake in the fruits of the garden, symbolizing the mutual enjoyment and fulfillment found in a committed relationship. In a spiritual sense, this can be seen as an invitation for Christ to dwell within the believer, enjoying the fruits of a life dedicated to Him. The imagery of tasting the choicest fruits echoes the biblical theme of God delighting in the obedience and devotion of His people (<a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Psalm 34:8</a>). The garden, being referred to as "his," emphasizes the idea of belonging and stewardship, aligning with the biblical concept of believers being the temple of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_bride.htm">The Bride</a> The speaker in this verse, often interpreted as the Shulammite woman, who is expressing her desire for her beloved. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_beloved.htm">The Beloved</a> The bridegroom, often seen as King Solomon, representing the object of the bride's affection and desire. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_garden.htm">The Garden</a> Symbolic of the bride's own self, her love, and her purity, which she offers to her beloved. 4. <a href="/topical/n/north_wind_and_south_wind.htm">North Wind and South Wind</a> Representing different influences or experiences that can enhance the growth and spread of the garden's fragrance. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fragrance.htm">Fragrance</a> Symbolic of the bride's virtues and the beauty of her love, which she wishes to share with her beloved.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_invitation_of_the_spirit.htm">The Invitation of the Spirit</a> Just as the bride invites the winds to blow upon her garden, believers are to invite the Holy Spirit to work in their lives, cultivating spiritual growth and spreading the fragrance of Christ. <a href="/topical/c/cultivating_virtues.htm">Cultivating Virtues</a> The garden represents the virtues and character that believers are to develop. We are called to nurture these qualities so that they may be a pleasing aroma to God and others. <a href="/topical/i/intimacy_with_christ.htm">Intimacy with Christ</a> The desire for the beloved to come into the garden reflects the deep intimacy and fellowship that believers are to seek with Christ, allowing Him to partake in the fruits of our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_trials_and_blessings.htm">The Role of Trials and Blessings</a> The north and south winds can symbolize trials and blessings. Both are used by God to shape and mature us, spreading the fragrance of our faith. <a href="/topical/o/offering_ourselves_to_god.htm">Offering Ourselves to God</a> Just as the bride offers her garden to her beloved, we are to offer our lives to God, allowing Him to take delight in the fruits of our love and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_song_of_solomon_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Song of Solomon 4</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_7's_perfection_fit_reality.htm">How can the description of the bride's flawless perfection in Song of Solomon 4:7 align with human reality, given our understanding of human imperfection?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_fit_solomon's_many_wives.htm">If historically attributed to King Solomon, how does Song of Solomon 4 mesh with the accounts of his many wives and concubines in other biblical texts (e.g., 1 Kings 11:3)?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_song_4_1-3's_exaggerations.htm">How do we reconcile the poetic exaggerations in Song of Solomon 4:1-3 with any literal or historical interpretations of the text?</a> <a href="/q/is_'tirzah'_anachronistic_in_solomon's_era.htm">(Song of Solomon 6:4) Was 'Tirzah' actually significant during Solomon's reign, or is this reference an anachronism undermining authorship claims?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/songs/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) Blow upon my garden.--After the description of his beloved's charms under these figures, the poet, under a companion figure, invokes the "airs of love" to blow upon the garden, that its perfumes may "flow out" for him--that the object of his affections may no longer keep herself reserved and denied to him. Tennyson's melodious lines are recalled which describe how, when a breeze of morning moves,"The woodbine spices are wafted abroad,And the musk of the roses blown."Let my beloved . . .--This should form a separate verse, being the reply made to the appeal in the first part of the verse. The maiden yields to her lover's suit.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/songs/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits. This is the answer of the bride to the lavish praises of her husband. I am all his. She is yet unworthy of the king and of his love until the seasonal changes have developed and unfolded and spread forth her excellences. The north represents cold; the south, heat. Let the various influences from different quarters flow gently over the garden and call forth the fragrance and the fruits (cf. <a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Esther 2:12</a>). There is rich suggestion in such words. Whether we think of the individual soul or of the Church of Christ, the true desire of those who delight in the love of the Saviour is that all the gifts and graces which can be bestowed may make them worthy of him who condescends to call his people his delight. Surely it is no mere romantic idyll that is before us. Such significance cannot be a mere coincidence when it is so transparent and so apt. <a href="/commentaries/songs/4-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Awaken, ע֤וּרִי (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake O north wind, צָפוֹן֙ (ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter and come, וּב֣וֹאִי (ū·ḇō·w·’î) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go O south wind. תֵימָ֔ן (ṯê·mān) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8486.htm">Strong's 8486: </a> South, south wind Breathe on הָפִ֥יחִי (hā·p̄î·ḥî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6315.htm">Strong's 6315: </a> To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff my garden, גַנִּ֖י (ḡan·nî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> An enclosure, garden and spread the fragrance יִזְּל֣וּ (yiz·zə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5140.htm">Strong's 5140: </a> To flow, trickle, drop, distill of its spices. בְשָׂמָ֑יו (ḇə·śā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1314.htm">Strong's 1314: </a> Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant Let my beloved דוֹדִי֙ (ḏō·w·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1730.htm">Strong's 1730: </a> To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle come יָבֹ֤א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go into his garden לְגַנּ֔וֹ (lə·ḡan·nōw) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> An enclosure, garden and taste וְיֹאכַ֖ל (wə·yō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat its choicest מְגָדָֽיו׃ (mə·ḡā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4022.htm">Strong's 4022: </a> A distinguished thing, something valuable, as a, product, fruit fruits. פְּרִ֥י (pə·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> Fruit <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/songs/4-16.htm">OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake north wind (Song Songs SS So Can)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/songs/4-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 4:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 4:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/songs/5-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 5:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 5:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>