Song of Solomon 1:9
I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
Revised Version 1895
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 plaits of hair, thy neck with strings of jewels
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as 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 as doves behind thy veil: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that lie along the side of mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 5:2I was asleep, but my heart waked: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my 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 stay on horses; and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek 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 →