Song of Solomon 6:8
One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and declared her most blessed: the queens and concubines, and they praised her.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
In Context
7There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:3And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.
Psalms 45:9Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which
Revelation 7:9After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands:
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:5-11
The Church's Confidence in Christ; The Love of Christ to the Church. 4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queens,… Read the whole commentary →