Song of Solomon 1:9
I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
Darby Translation
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 bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 5:2I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
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 →