Song of Solomon 3:7-9

Lexham English Bible

⁷Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch!^[a]
    Sixty mighty men surround it,^[b]
        the mighty men of Israel.
⁸All of them wield swords;^[c]
    they are trained in warfare,^[d]
each with his sword at his thigh
    to guard against terror^[e] in the night.
⁹King Solomon^[f] made for himself a sedan chair
    from the wood of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 3:7 Literally “couch” or “portable sedan chair”
Song of Solomon 3:7 Literally “her”
Song of Solomon 3:8 Literally “holders of sword”
Song of Solomon 3:8 Literally “learnt of war”
Song of Solomon 3:8 Literally “because of the fear”
Song of Solomon 3:9 Literally “The king, Solomon”

Song of Solomon 3:7-9

King James Version

⁷Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

⁸They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

⁹King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

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Song of Solomon 3:7-9

English Standard Version

⁷Behold, it is the litter^[a] of Solomon!
Around it are ^(A)sixty ^(B)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,
⁸all of them wearing swords
    and expert in war,
each with his ^(C)sword at his thigh,
    against ^(D)terror by night.
⁹King Solomon made himself a carriage^[b]
    from the wood of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair

Song of Solomon 3:7-9

New King James Version

⁷Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
⁸They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.