Song of Solomon 1:10
8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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Compare
- BSB
- Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
- KJV
- Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
- WEB
- Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
- ASV
- Thy cheeks are comely with plaits [of hair], Thy neck with strings of jewels.
- DARBY
- Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.
- BLB
- Lovely are your cheeks with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
- ÅB
- Yndige er dine kinner mellom kjedene, din hals i perleradene.
- OTB
- Dine kinn er behagelige med smykker, Din hals med perlerader.
- B1930
- Yndige er dine kinner mellem kjedene, din hals i perleradene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:11–13
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Read in context1 Peter 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Read in contextGenesis 24:47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:18–21
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
Read in contextGenesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Read in contextNumbers 31:50
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
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