Song of Solomon 1:9
I have likened you, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
In Context
10How are your cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, your neck as chains!
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen was also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants were of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves.
Song of Solomon 2:10My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves, beside your veil: your hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.
Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the 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 →