Song of Songs 3:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 45:3 : 3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.
  • Ps 91:5 : 5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,
  • Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands; 7 To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment; 8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron; 9 To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
  • Eph 6:16-18 : 16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One. 17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. 7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
  • Neh 4:21-22 : 21 So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen. 22 And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

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    3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

  • 1 Sam 25:13
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    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

  • Joel 2:7-8
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    7 They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

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  • Nah 3:3
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    3 Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

  • Isa 13:15
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    15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

  • Jer 6:23
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    23 Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

  • Joel 3:9-10
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    2 The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;

  • Deut 32:25
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    25 Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

  • Jer 6:25
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    25 Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

  • 2 Kgs 11:8
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    8 Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

  • Neh 4:17-18
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    17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

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    3 For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    36 A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

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    11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

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    25 Your men will be put to the sword, and your men of war will come to destruction in the fight.

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    8 You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.

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    20 Among those who have been put to the sword: they will give a resting-place with them to all their people.

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    9 Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:

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    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

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    4 Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.

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    5 The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

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    6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

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    29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

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    7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.

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    10 Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

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    28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.