Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

His legs bases of white marble, founded upon of pure gold: his aspect as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

New American Standard Bible

“His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon
Choice as the cedars.

King James Version

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Holman Bible

His legs are alabaster pillars
set on pedestals of pure gold.
His presence is like Lebanon,
as majestic as the cedars.

International Standard Version

His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice like its cedars.

American Standard Version

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Amplified


“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster
Set upon pedestals of fine gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
Stately and choice as the cedars.

Bible in Basic English

His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree.

Darby Translation

His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;

King James 2000

His legs are pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His legs [are] columns of alabaster, set on bases of gold; his appearance [is] like Lebanon, choice as {its cedars}.

Modern King James verseion

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold; His face is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His legs are as the pillars of Marble, set upon sockets of gold; His face is as Lebanon, and as the beauty of the Cedar trees.

NET Bible

His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

New Heart English Bible

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

The Emphasized Bible

His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold, - His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:

Webster

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

World English Bible

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Youngs Literal Translation

His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוק 
Showq 
Usage: 19

עמּד עמּוּד 
`ammuwd 
Usage: 111

of marble
שׁשׁי שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 41

אדן 
'eden 
Usage: 56

of fine gold
פּז 
Paz 
Usage: 9

מראה 
Mar'eh 
Usage: 104

is as Lebanon
לבנון 
L@banown 
Usage: 71

Context Readings

Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

14 His hands rings of gold completed in Tarshish: his bowels wrought ivory covered over with sapphires. 15 His legs bases of white marble, founded upon of pure gold: his aspect as Lebanon, choice as the cedars. 16 His palate, sweetness: he is all loveliness. This my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.



Cross References

1 Kings 4:33

And he will speak concerning the woods, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop which went forth on the wall: and he will speak upon the cattle, and upon the birds, and upon the creeping things, and upon the fishes.

Exodus 26:19

And forty silver bases thou shalt make under the twenty boards: two bases for the one board for its two hands.

Judges 13:6

And the woman will go and will say to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his sight as the sight of the messenger of God, very terrible: and I asked him not from whence he is, and his name he announced not to me.

Psalm 92:12

The just one shall flourish as the palm tree: he shall become great as the cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Songs 2:14

My dove in the refuges of the rock, in the biding of the steep mountain: cause me to see thy form, cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet and thy form becoming.

Song of Songs 4:11

Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon.

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck as a tower of ivory; thine eyes pools in Heshbon, by the gate of the daughter of many: thy nose as the tower of Lebanon viewing the face of Damascus.

Hosea 14:7

They sitting in his shadow shall turn back; they shall live upon the grain, and they shall blossom as the vine: his remembrance as the wine of Lebanon.

Zechariah 9:17

For what his good, and what his beauty! Grain shall cause the young men to increase, and new wine the virgins.

Matthew 17:2

And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

Matthew 28:3

And his aspect was as lightning, and his garment white as snow.

Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with gladness with thy face.

1 Timothy 3:16

And manifestly great is the mystery of devotion: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed in the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.

Revelation 1:15-16

And his feet as brass of Lebanon, as refined by fire in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

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