Song of Solomon 1:9
I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
In Context
10Thy cheeks are comely with plaits [of hair], thy neck with strings of jewels.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. And the king's merchants received them in herds, each herd at a price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou are fair, my love, behold thou are fair. Thine eyes are doves.
Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou are fair, my love, behold, thou are fair. Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats that lay along the side of mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 5:2I was asleep, but my heart awoke. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled. For my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek LORD!
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:8-12
The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11… Read the whole commentary →