SNG 1:3 Parallel View

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ULT As for the smell of your oils—they are good;
 ⇔ oil poured out is your name.
 ⇔ Therefore, marriageable women love you.

UST The fragrance of the perfume on your skin is very pleasing.
⇔ And more and more people are honoring you,
⇔ just as the fragrance of the special oil that you have put on your skin is spreading farther and farther.
 ⇔ That is why the other young women are attracted to you.

BSB The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;
⇔ your name is like perfume poured out.
⇔ No wonder the maidens adore you.

OEB Your perfumes are fine in their fragrance,
⇔ as perfumes poured forth is your name.
⇔ No wonder the young women love you!

WEB Your oils have a pleasing fragrance.
⇔ Your name is oil poured out,
⇔ therefore the virgins love you.

NET The fragrance of your colognes is delightful;
 ⇔ your name is like the finest perfume.
 ⇔ No wonder the young women adore you!

LSV For fragrance [are] your good perfumes. Perfume emptied out—your name,
Therefore have virgins loved you!

FBV I love the way you smell from the perfumed oils you use. You have quite a reputation—it spreads like spilled perfumed oil. It's not surprising that all the young women adore you!

T4T The fragrance of the cologne on your skin is very sweet/pleasing [CHI].
⇔ And your reputation is very good and spreads,
⇔ like [SIM] the fragrance of the special oil spread on your skin.
 ⇔ That is why the other young women are attracted to you.

LEB • are your name is poured out • therefore young women love you.

BBE Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.

ASV Thine oils have a goodly fragrance;
 ⇔ Thy name is as oil poured forth;
 ⇔ Therefore do the virgins love thee.

DRA Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee.

YLT For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out — thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!

DBY Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.

RV Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee.

WBS Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee.

KJB Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
(Because of the savour of thy/your good ointments thy/your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.)

BB and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes. Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth, therfore do the maydens loue thee.
(and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy/your most precious baulmes. Thy name is a sweet smelling ointment when it is shed forth, therefore do the maidens love thee.)

GNV Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee.
(Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath/has brought me into his chabers: we will rejoice and be glad in thee: we will remember thy/your love more then wine: the righteous do love thee.)

CB & that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure. Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment, therfore do the maydens loue the:
(& that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure. Thy name is a sweet smellynge ointment, therefore do the maidens love the:)

WYC Drawe thou me after thee; we schulen renne in to the odour of thin oynementis. The kyng ledde me in to hise celeris; we myndeful of thi teetis aboue wyn, schulen make ful out ioye, and schulen be glad in thee; riytful men louen thee.
(Drawe thou/you me after thee; we should renne in to the odour of thin ointmentis. The king led me in to his celeris; we mindful of thy/your teetis above wyn, should make full out ioye, and should be glad in thee; riytful men love thee.)

LUT daß man deine gute Salbe rieche. Dein Name ist eine ausgeschüttete Salbe, darum lieben dich die Mägde.
(daß man deine gute Salbe rieche. Dein Name is one ausgeschüttete Salbe, therefore lieben you/yourself the Mägde.)

CLV Chorus Adolescentularum Trahe me, post te curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua; exsultabimus et lætabimur in te, memores uberum tuorum super vinum. Recti diligunt te.
(Chorus Adolescentularum Trahe me, after te curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua; exsultabimus and lætabimur in you(sg), memores uberum tuorum super vinum. Recti diligunt you(sg).)

BRN And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee.

BrLXX μῦρον ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σου· διὰ τοῦτο νεάνιδες ἠγάπησάν σε,
(muron ekkenōthen onoma sou; dia touto neanides aʸgapaʸsan se,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

לְ⁠רֵ֨יחַ֙

as,fragrance

The Hebrew word which the ULT translates as As for could: (1) indicate reference, in which case it should be translated as the ULT translates it or with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “In reference to the smell of” or (2) indicate emphasis or be making an assertion. Alternate translation: “Truly, the smell of” or “Indeed, the smell of”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׁמָנֶ֣י⁠ךָ טוֹבִ֔ים

perfumes,your intoxicating

Here, oils refers to colognes or perfumes. In the authors culture pleasant smelling spices were mixed into olive oil in order to make a pleasant smelling perfume which was then put on the skin. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. If men do not put pleasant smelling things on their skin in your culture you could say that the man being spoken of here smells pleasant. Alternate translation: “your colognes—they are good” or “your scented oils—they are good” or “your skin—it is good” or “your body—it is good”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑⁠ךָ

perfume poured_out your(ms)=name

The woman is describing the man she loves and his reputation by association with his name. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “oil poured out is your reputation” or “oil poured out is the honor that people give to you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑⁠ךָ

perfume poured_out your(ms)=name

The woman makes a comparison between the man’s reputation (which she refers to as his name) and scented oil that is poured out after which the good smell of the oil spreads as the air moves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the comparison. Alternate translation: “your reputation spreads more and more like the scent of scented oil which spreads after it has been poured out” or “your reputation spreads more and more like the scent of perfumed oil which spreads after it has been poured out”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

עַל־כֵּ֖ן

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so

The words translated as Therefore indicate that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: “As a result”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

עֲלָמ֥וֹת

maidens

The word translated as marriageable women refers to a young women who is old enough to be married or to a young woman who has recently been married but not yet given birth to a child. Your language and culture may have a term for a woman during this stage of life that you could use in your translation. You could also explain the meaning of the term in the context as the ULT does or use a general phrase as modeled by the UST.

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