Song of Songs 3:6-11
Christian Standard Bible
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6 Who is this(A) coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense(B)
from every fragrant powder of the merchant?
7 Look! Solomon’s bed
surrounded by sixty warriors
from the mighty men of Israel.
8 All of them are skilled with swords
and trained in warfare.
Each has his sword at his side(C)
to guard against the terror of the night.(D)
9 King Solomon made a carriage for himself
with wood from Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back[a] of gold,
and its seat of purple.
Its interior is inlaid with love[b]
by the young women of Jerusalem.(E)
11 Go out, young women of Zion,(F)
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother placed on him
on the day of his wedding(G)—
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
Song of Solomon 3:6-11
Common English Bible
Visions of grandeur
6 Who is this, coming up from the wilderness,
like pillars of smoke?
She is perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
selected from all the spice merchant’s powders.
7 Picture Solomon’s bed—
sixty heroic men round about it,
all from the heroes of Israel,
8 all of them skilled with the sword,
expert in warfare,
each with his sword ready at his thigh
against terrors that come by night.
9 King Solomon made a canopied couch for himself
from the trees of Lebanon.
10 Its pillars he made of silver,
its covering, cloth of gold,
its cushions, royal purple;
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, 11 go forth!
Look, daughters of Zion—
on King Solomon wearing the crown
with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
on the day of his heart’s joy.
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