Parallel Verses
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
“You are as beautiful as
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As majestic as an army with banners!
New American Standard Bible
As
As
King James Version
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Holman Bible
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.
International Standard Version
You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah, lovely like Jerusalem, as awesome as an army with banners.
A Conservative Version
Thou are fair, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, sublime as an army with banners.
American Standard Version
Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
Bible in Basic English
You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.
Darby Translation
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners.
King James 2000
You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You [are] beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, {overwhelming as an army with banners}.
Modern King James verseion
O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as inspiring as an army with banners.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou art beautiful, O my love, even as loveliness itself; thou art fair as Jerusalem, glorious as an army of men with their banners.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!
New Heart English Bible
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
The Emphasized Bible
HEBeautiful, art thou, my fair one, as Tirzah, comely, as Jerusalem, - majestic as bannered hosts!
Webster
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
World English Bible
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
Youngs Literal Translation
Fair art thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.
Themes
Armies » Illustrative of » The church
Armies » Furnished with standards
Jerusalem » Location and appearance of
Topics
Interlinear
Yapheh
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 6:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Praise Of His Beloved
3
“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”
“You are as beautiful as
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As majestic as an army with banners!
“Turn your [flashing] eyes away from me,
For they have confused and overcome me;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:10
‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,
Fair and beautiful as the full moon,
Clear and pure as the sun,
As majestic as an army with banners?’
Psalm 48:2
Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.
1 Kings 14:17
So Jeroboam’s wife arose and left and came to Tirzah [the king’s residence]. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child [Abijah] died.
Psalm 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.
Lamentations 2:15
All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;
Numbers 24:5-9
How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
And your tabernacles, O Israel!
1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha heard about it, he stopped
1 Kings 15:33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah [the capital city], and reigned twenty-four years.
Psalm 144:4-8
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Song of Songs 1:5
We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”(The Shulammite Bride)
“I am deeply tanned but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,
Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:15
(The Bridegroom)
“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
Song of Songs 2:14
(The Bridegroom)
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
Song of Songs 4:7
“O my love, you are altogether beautiful and fair.
There is no flaw nor blemish in you!
Song of Songs 5:2
(The Shulammite Bride)
“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’
Ezekiel 16:13-14
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was [made] of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; so you were extremely beautiful and you advanced and prospered into royalty.
Zechariah 12:3
And in that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will come and be gathered against it.
2 Corinthians 10:4
The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
Ephesians 5:27
so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless.
Revelation 19:14-16
And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, [dazzling] white and clean, followed Him on white horses.