Song of Solomon 6:8 “There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without numb…”

Song of Solomon 6:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

World English Bible

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

American Standard Version

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

Geneva Bible 1599

But my doue is alone, and my vndefiled, she is the onely daughter of her mother, and shee is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue seene her and counted her blessed: euen the Queenes and the concubines, and they haue praised her.

Darby Translation

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:

Young's Literal Translation

Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

Bible in Basic English

There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

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Cross references

“There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.”

Psalm 45:14 1 Kings 11:1 2 Chronicles 11:21 Revelation 7:9

Psalm 45:14 · BSB

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

1 Kings 11:1 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 11:21 · BSB

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.

Revelation 7:9 · BSB

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 th…

Also

1 Kings 11:3 Psalm 45:9

1 Kings 11:3 · BSB

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

Psalm 45:9 · BSB

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

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

In context

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

9but 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.

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