Song of Solomon 6:8

Threescore are the queens, and fourscore the concubines, And the maidens without number.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7As a divided pomegranate Are thy cheeks behind thy veil.

9But my dove, my undefiled, is the one; She is the incomparable one of her mother, The darling of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; The queens and concubines, and they praised her.

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Cross References

Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings are among thy chosen women; On the right hand stands the queen In gold of Ophir.

Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and lo! a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in 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 →

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