Song of Songs 6:8-9

New Catholic Bible

⁸There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,
    and maidens^[a] beyond numbering.
⁹One alone is my dove, my perfect one,
    the darling of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and proclaimed her blessed;
    the queens and concubines sang her praises.

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Footnotes

Song of Songs 6:8 Queens . . . concubines . . . maidens: either all the women of Solomon’s harem or all the beautiful women in the land.

Song of Songs 6:8-9

New International Version

⁸Sixty queens^(A) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,^(B)
    and virgins beyond number;
⁹but my dove,^(C) my perfect one,^(D) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.^(E)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

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Song of Solomon 6:8-9

King James Version

⁸There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

⁹My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

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