Both chariots and charioteers went up with him. It was a very great company.
Song of Solomon 1:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have compared thee, O my love, To a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O my love [he said as he saw her], you remind me of my [favorite] mare in the chariot spans of Pharaoh. American Standard Version (1901) I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. Common English Bible I picture you, my dearest, as a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots! Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be concerned that I am dark, for the sun has changed my color. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels. |
Both chariots and charioteers went up with him. It was a very great company.
Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.
My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away,
The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.
I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The sound of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!