Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

New American Standard Bible

To me, my darling, you are like
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

King James Version

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Holman Bible

I compare you, my darling,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

A Conservative Version

I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

American Standard Version

I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Amplified


“To me, my love, you are like
My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

Bible in Basic English

I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

Darby Translation

I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Julia Smith Translation

To my mares in Pharaoh's chariots I likened thee, O my neighbor.

King James 2000

I have compared you, O my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.

Lexham Expanded Bible

To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.

Modern King James verseion

O My love, I have compared you to My mares among Pharaoh's chariots.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There will I tarry for thee, my love, with mine host and with my chariots, which shall be no fewer than Pharaoh's.

NET Bible

The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.

New Heart English Bible

I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

The Emphasized Bible

To a mare of mine, in the chariots of Pharaoh, have I likened thee, my fair one!

Webster

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

World English Bible

I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Youngs Literal Translation

To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 30

thee, O my love
רעיה 
Ra`yah 
Usage: 9

to a company of horses
סוּסה 
Cuwcah 
Usage: 1

פּרעה 
Par`oh 
Usage: 268

Verse Info

Context Readings

Man's Poetic Praise Of His Beloved

8 If you don't know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd's tents. 9 My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.



Cross References

Song of Songs 2:2

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

Song of Songs 2:10

My beloved spoke to me: "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on.

Song of Songs 2:13

The fig tree has produced its fruit, the grapevines have blossomed and exude their fragrance. "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on.

1 Kings 10:28

Solomon imported horses from Egypt and Kue, and the king's buyers procured them at market price from Kue.

2 Chronicles 1:14-17

Solomon amassed both chariots and horsemen: he owned 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, stationing them in armories and with the king in Jerusalem.

Song of Songs 1:15

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves.

Song of Songs 4:1

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:7

My darling, you are altogether beautiful and there is no blemish in you.

Song of Songs 5:2

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

Song of Songs 6:4

You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah, lovely like Jerusalem, as awesome as an army with banners.

Isaiah 31:1

"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!

John 15:14-15

You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

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