Song of Solomon 1:9 “I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.”

Song of Solomon 1:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

World English Bible

I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

American Standard Version

I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.

Darby Translation

I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Young's Literal Translation

To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

Bible in Basic English

I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

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Cross references

“O my”

Song of Solomon 2:10 Song of Solomon 2:13 Song of Solomon 2:2 Song of Solomon 4:7 Song of Solomon 5:2 Song of Solomon 4:1

Song of Solomon 2:10 · BSB

My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

Song of Solomon 2:13 · BSB

The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

Song of Solomon 2:2 · BSB

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

Song of Solomon 4:7 · BSB

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

Song of Solomon 5:2 · BSB

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.”

Song of Solomon 4:1 · BSB

How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

“to a”

Isaiah 31:1 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:14–17

Isaiah 31:1 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 10:28 · BSB

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

2 Chronicles 1:14–17 · BSB

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

Also

Song of Solomon 1:15

Song of Solomon 1:15 · BSB

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

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

In context

8If 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.

10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

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