Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Holman Bible
to a
International Standard Version
My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
A Conservative Version
I have compared thee, O 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.
Amplified
“To me, my love, you are like
My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
Bible in Basic English
I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.
Julia Smith Translation
To my mares in Pharaoh's chariots I likened thee, O my neighbor.
King James 2000
I have compared you, O my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.
Modern King James verseion
O My love, I have compared you to My mares among Pharaoh's chariots.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There will I tarry for thee, my love, with mine host and with my chariots, which shall be no fewer than Pharaoh's.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.
New Heart English Bible
I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
The Emphasized Bible
To a mare of mine, in the chariots of Pharaoh, have I likened thee, my fair one!
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Man's Poetic Praise Of His Beloved
8 If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths. 9 I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:2
As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Songs 2:13
The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
1 Kings 10:28
And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove of horses, at a price.
2 Chronicles 1:14-17
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
Song of Songs 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
Song of Songs 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Song of Songs 5:2
I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Songs 6:4
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
John 15:14-15
Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.