Song of Solomon 1:9
7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
- KJV
- I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
- WEB
- I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
- ASV
- I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh`s chariots.
- DARBY
- I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
- BLB
- To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh I have likened you, my darling.
- ÅB
- Med gangerne foran Faraos vogner ligner jeg deg, min venninne!
- OTB
- For meg, min kjære, er du som Min hoppe blant faraos vogner.
- B1930
- Med gangerne foran Faraos vogner ligner jeg dig, min venninne!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 2:10
My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
Read in contextJohn 15:14–15
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Read in contextIsaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:2
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:15
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:7
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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