The Song of Songs 4:10

4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much better is your love than wine;

the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!

Genesis 27:27

27:27 So Jacob ¹  went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent ²  of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,

“Yes, ³  my son smells

like the scent of an open field

which the Lord has blessed.

Psalms 45:8

45:8 All your garments are perfumed with ⁴  myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

From the luxurious palaces ⁵  comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. ⁶ 

Hosea 14:7

14:7 People will reside again ⁷  in his shade;

they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. ⁸ 

They will blossom like a vine,

and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.

[27:27]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ² tn Heb “and he smelled the smell”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ³ tn Heb “see.”

[45:8]  ⁴ tn The words “perfumed with” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[45:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the palaces of ivory.” The phrase “palaces of ivory” refers to palaces that had ivory panels and furniture decorated with ivory inlays. Such decoration with ivory was characteristic of a high level of luxury. See 1 Kgs 22:39 and Amos 3:15.

[45:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the palaces of ivory stringed instrument[s] make you happy.”

[14:7]  ⁷ tn Hosea uses the similar-sounding terms יָשֻׁבוּ יֹשְׁבֵי (yashuvu yoshve, “the dwellers will return”) to create a wordplay between the roots שׁוּב (shuv, “to return”) and יָשַׁב (yashav, “to dwell; to reside”).

[14:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “they will cause the grain to live” or “they will revive the grain.” Some English versions treat this as a comparison: “they shall revive as the corn” (KJV); “will flourish like the grain” (NIV).