Song of Songs 6:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 45:14 : 14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)
Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Song 6:9-10
2 verses
83%
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 called her blessed; [Yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?
Song 6:6-7
2 verses
76%
6Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
7Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
1 Kgs 11:3
71%
3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
Ps 45:9
71%
9Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Song 3:11
70%
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
2 Chr 11:21
69%
21And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)
Ezra 2:65
69%
65besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
Num 31:33-35
3 verses
69%
33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
34and threescore and one thousand asses,
35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
2 Sam 15:16
68%
16And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.
Song 3:6-7
2 verses
68%
6Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
7Behold, it is the litter Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
Neh 7:67
68%
67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Song 8:8
68%
8We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?
Ezek 23:42
67%
42And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
Ps 45:14
67%
14She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
Song 8:12
67%
12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Song 7:6
67%
6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Esth 2:2
67%
2Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
1 Kgs 5:15
67%
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
2 Chr 9:9
67%
9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Num 31:44
67%
44and thirty and six thousand oxen,
1 Kgs 11:1
67%
1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
1 Chr 7:4
67%
4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
Song 6:1
67%
1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?
2 Chr 2:18
67%
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
Song 1:8-9
2 verses
67%
8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
Song 4:1-4
4 verses
67%
1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
2Thy teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.
4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.
2 Sam 20:3
66%
3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
Esth 2:13
66%
13then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
Song 6:13
66%
13Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
Song 1:3-4
2 verses
66%
3Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
4Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.
Judg 8:30
66%
30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
1 Kgs 10:10
66%
10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Song 6:4
66%
4Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
Song 5:9
66%
9What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?
Song 4:12
66%
12A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
1 Kgs 3:16
65%
16Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Eccl 7:27-28
2 verses
65%
27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
2 Chr 2:2
65%
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
Song 7:3
65%
3Thy two breasts are like two {H6082} fawns That are twins of a roe.