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Song of Solomon 6:8

6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

7 Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

10 Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
KJV
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
WEB
There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
ASV
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.
DARBY
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:
BLB
Sixty [are] they, the queens, and eighty the concubines, and maidens without number.
ÅB
Seksti dronninger har jeg og åtti medhustruer og unge piker uten tall.
OTB
Det er seksti dronninger og åtti medhustruer, og jomfruer uten tall;
B1930
Seksti dronninger har jeg og åtti medhustruer og unge piker uten tall.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 45:14

    In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

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  • 1 Kings 11:3

    He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1

    King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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  • Psalms 45:9

    The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:21

    Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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  • Revelation 7:9

    After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

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