Song of Solomon 1:10 “Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of je…”

Song of Solomon 1:10

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

World English Bible

Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

American Standard Version

Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.

Geneva Bible 1599

We will make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer.

Darby Translation

Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.

Young's Literal Translation

Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.

Bible in Basic English

Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.

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Cross references

“thy cheeks”

Ezekiel 16:11–13 Genesis 24:47 Genesis 24:22 Isaiah 3:18–21 2 Peter 1:3 2 Peter 1:4

Ezekiel 16:11–13 · BSB

I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

Genesis 24:47 · BSB

Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Genesis 24:22 · BSB

And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

Isaiah 3:18–21 · BSB

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

2 Peter 1:3 · BSB

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

2 Peter 1:4 · BSB

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

“thy neck”

1 Peter 3:4 Song of Solomon 4:9 Genesis 41:42 Numbers 31:50 Proverbs 1:9

1 Peter 3:4 · BSB

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

Song of Solomon 4:9 · BSB

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

Genesis 41:42 · BSB

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Numbers 31:50 · BSB

So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

Proverbs 1:9 · BSB

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Also

Song of Solomon 5:13 Isaiah 61:10

Song of Solomon 5:13 · BSB

His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

11We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

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