Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

New American Standard Bible

We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?

King James Version

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Holman Bible

B Our sister is young;
she has no breasts.
What will we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?

International Standard Version

We have a little sister, and she has not yet reached maturity. What will we do for our sister to prepare her for her engagement?

A Conservative Version

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Amplified

(The Chorus)
“We have a little sister
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for [in marriage]?

Bible in Basic English

We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

Darby Translation

We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? --

Julia Smith Translation

A little sister to us, and no breasts to her: what shall we do for our sister in the day it shall be spoken for her?

King James 2000

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{We have a little sister}, {and she does not yet have any breasts}. What should we do for our sister {on the day when she is betrothed}?

Modern King James verseion

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Our sister is but young, and hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister when she shall be spoken for?

NET Bible

The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

New Heart English Bible

We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

The Emphasized Bible

THEYA sister, have we, a little one, and, breasts, hath she none, What shall we do for our sister, in the day when she may be spoken for?

Webster

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

World English Bible

We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

Youngs Literal Translation

We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
We have a little
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

and she hath no breasts
שׁד שׁד 
Shad 
Usage: 24

אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Virtuous Chastity And Voluptuous Beauty

7 Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned. 8 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.


Cross References

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalm 72:17-19

His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

Psalm 147:19-20

He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

Song of Songs 4:5

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

Song of Songs 7:3

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.

Song of Songs 8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

Isaiah 49:6

yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Isaiah 60:1-5

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

Isaiah 60:10-11

And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

Ezekiel 16:7

I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast naked and bare.

Ezekiel 16:46

And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Ezekiel 16:55-56

And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Ezekiel 16:61

Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder'sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezekiel 23:33

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Luke 19:44

and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

John 10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

Acts 7:38

This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

Acts 10:1-18

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,

Acts 15:14-17

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Acts 16:9

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

Acts 22:21

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17-18

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Romans 3:1-2

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

Romans 10:12-15

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:

Romans 15:9-12

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

Ephesians 2:12-15

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:19-22

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

1 Peter 2:12

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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