And it came to be, from that time on, that half of my servants were working in the work, while the other half were holding the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the breastplates. And the rulers were behind all the house of Yehuḏah,
Song of Solomon 3:8 - The Scriptures 2009 All of them holding swords, Skilled in battle, Each one has his sword on his thigh Because of fear in the night. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They all hold swords, Being expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh Because of fear in the night. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They all handle the sword and are expert in war; every man has his sword upon his thigh, that fear be not excited in the night. American Standard Version (1901) They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night. Common English Bible all of them skilled with the sword, expert in warfare, each with his sword ready at his thigh against terrors that come by night. Catholic Public Domain Version all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one's weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night. |
And it came to be, from that time on, that half of my servants were working in the work, while the other half were holding the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the breastplates. And the rulers were behind all the house of Yehuḏah,
who were building on the wall, and those bearing burdens, those loading, working with one hand in the work, and with the other holding a weapon.
Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, Your excellency and Your splendour.
You are not afraid of the dread by night, Of the arrow that flies by day,
See, it is Shelomoh’s couch – Sixty mighty men are around it, Of the mighty men of Yisra’ĕl,
“I, יהוה, do guard it, I water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I guard it night and day.
“For look, I am stirring up and bringing up against Baḇel an assembly of great nations from a land of the north, and they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be captured – their arrows are like those of a mighty skilled man, not returning empty-handed.
And Ěhuḏ made himself a sword, it was double-edged and a cubit in length, and he girded it under his long robe on his right thigh.