Song of Solomon 6:8

Sixty are the queens, and eighty the concubines, and the young women without number;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

In Context

7Like the half of the pomegranate is the upper part of thy cheek behind thy vail.

9But one alone is my dove, my guiltless one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the chosen of her that bore her: maidens see her, and call her happy; yea, queens and concubines, and praise her.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Psalms 45:9(45:10) Kings' daughters are among those dear to thee: the queen standeth on thy right hand in fine gold of Ophir.

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 →

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