Parallel Verses

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?

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?

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 The many waters cannot quench love, neither can the rivers drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for this love, it would certainly be despised. 8 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?
9 If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver; and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.


Cross References

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance and unto the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalm 72:17-19

His name shall endure for ever; before the sun his name shall be disseminated, and all Gentiles shall be blessed in him; they shall call him blessed.

Psalm 147:19-20

He declares his words unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Song of Songs 4:5

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which are fed among the lilies.

Song of Songs 7:3

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Song of Songs 8:10

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

Isaiah 49:6

And he said, It is a light thing that thou should be my slave to wake up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the desolations of Israel; I have also given thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou may be my saving health unto the end of the earth.

Isaiah 60:1-5

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

Isaiah 60:10-11

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my good favour I shall have mercy on thee.

Ezekiel 16:7

In ten thousands, as the grass of the field, have I placed thee, and thou wast increased and made great, and thou art come to be adorned with excellent ornaments; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair is grown; but thou wast naked and bare.

Ezekiel 16:46

And thine elder sister is Samaria with her daughters that dwell at thy left hand; and thy younger sister that dwells at thy right hand is Sodom with her daughters.

Ezekiel 16:55-56

When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their first state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their first state, thou and thy daughters shall return to your first state.

Ezekiel 16:61

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder 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 with pain because of the cup of astonishment and desolation, because of the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Luke 19:44

and shall cast thee down 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 I have other sheep which are not of this fold; it is expedient that I bring them also, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

Acts 7:38

This is he, who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai and with our fathers, who received the oracles of life to give unto us;

Acts 10:1-18

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the company called the Italian,

Acts 15:14-17

Simeon has declared how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Acts 16:9

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

Acts 22:21

And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17-18

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

Romans 3:1-2

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

Romans 10:12-15

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Romans 15:9-12

but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name.

Ephesians 2:12-15

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

Ephesians 2:19-22

Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,

1 Peter 2:12

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

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