Song of Songs 3:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Euery man also hath his sworde vpon his thigh, because of feare in the night.

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  • Ps 45:3 : 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie: that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie.
  • Ps 91:5 : 5 Thou shalt not be afrayde of any terrour of the nyght: nor of any arrowe that sleeth by day,
  • Ps 149:5-9 : 5 The saintes shalbe ioyful with glory: they shal expresse a ioyfull noyse in their beddes. 6 The hygh promotions of the Lorde shalbe in their mouth: and a two edged sworde in their handes. 7 That they may take auengement of the heathen: and correction of the nations. 8 That they may bynde their kynges in chaynes: and their nobles with iron fetters. 9 That they may execute the iudgement prescribed: this honour shalbe to all his saintes. Prayse ye the Lorde.
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it, in due seasons shall I water it: and lest the enemie do it any harme, I wyll both night and day preserue it.
  • Eph 6:16-18 : 16 Aboue all, takyng the shielde of fayth, wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked: 17 And take the helmet of saluation, and the sworde of the spirite, whiche is the worde of God. 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes,
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therefore let vs not sleepe, as do other: but let vs watche and be sober. 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght. 8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.
  • Neh 4:21-22 : 21 And we wil be labouring in the worke. And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring, tyll the starres came foorth. 22 And at the same time saide I vnto the people: Let euery one with his seruaut lodge within Hierusalem, that in the night season we may watch, and labour on the day time.

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  • 7 Beholde, about Solomons bedsteede there stande threescore valiaunt, of the most mightie in Israel: They holde swordes euery one, and are expert in warre.

  • 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie: that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie.

  • 13 And Dauid sayd vnto his men: Girde euery man his sword about him. And they girded euery man his sword about him, and Dauid was girded with his sword: And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe.

  • 16 Their arrowes are sodayne death, yea they them selues be very giauntes.

  • Joel 2:7-8
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    7 They shall runne like strong men, and climbe the walles like men of warre: & euery one shall march on in his way, and they shal not linger in their pathes.

    8 No man shall thrust another, but euery one shall walke in his path: and if they shall fall on the sworde, they shall not be wounded.

  • 3 The horseman lifting vp both the glistering blade of the sword & also the shining speare, many wounded, many corpses, and no end of carcasses, they shall stumble at dead bodies.

  • 15 Whoso is founde shalbe shot thorowe: and whoso taketh their part, shalbe destroyed with the sworde.

  • 15 For because of swordes they are become fugitiue, Euen for the drawen sworde, and for the bent bowe, and because of the greeuousnesse of warre.

  • 23 With bowes and with dartes shall they be weaponed, it is a rough and fearce people, & an vnmercifull people: their voyce roareth like the sea, thei ride vpon horses well appointed to the battaile against thee O daughter Sion.

  • Joel 3:9-10
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    70%

    9 Publishe this thyng among the gentiles, proclayme warre, wake vp the mightie men, let all the men of warre drawe neare and come vp.

    10 Breake your plowe shares into swordes, and your sithes into speares, let the weake say, I am strong.

  • 2 The captayne and the souldiour, the iudge and the prophete, the prudent and the aged man,

  • 25 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children, and within in the chamber feare: both young men & young women, and the suckelynges, with the men of gray heades.

  • 25 Let no man go foorth into the fielde, let no man come vpon the hye streete: for the sworde and feare of the enemie is on euery side.

  • 8 And ye shall compasse the king round about, & euery man shall haue his weapon in his hand: And whosoeuer commeth within ye ranges, let him be slaine: And see that ye be with the king as he goeth out and in.

  • Neh 4:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 They which buylded on the wall and they that bare burthens, and those that laded them, with one hande did euery one his worke, and with the other helde his weapon.

    18 For euery one that buylded had his sword girded by his thingh, and so buylded they: And he that blewe the trumpet was beside me.

  • 3 The shielde of his valiaunt souldiours is died red, his captaynes of warre are clad with scarlet: the charret is compassed with flammig torches in the day of his expedition, and the firre staues are drenched in poyson.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    69%

    36 The sworde vpon their soothsayers, as for those they shall become fooles: the sworde vpon their worthies, so that they shall stande in feare.

    37 The sworde vpon their horsemen and charrettes, and vpon all the comon people that dwell among them, so that they shall all become lyke women: The sworde vpon their treasure, so that it shalbe stollen away.

  • 11 He hath geuen it to be furbished, to holde it in the hande: this sworde is sharpened, and furbished, to geue it into the hande of the slayer.

  • 26 If any man drawe out a sword at him, it shall not hurt him: there may neither speare, laueling, nor brestplate abide him.

  • 25 Thy men shal perishe with the sword, and thy valiaunt souldiours in the battayle O Hierusalem.

  • 22 And at the same time saide I vnto the people: Let euery one with his seruaut lodge within Hierusalem, that in the night season we may watch, and labour on the day time.

  • 23 Though the quiuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shielde glister:

  • 27 And he said vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: Put euery ma his sworde by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the hoast, and slay euery man his brother, & euery man his companion, and euery man his neighbour.

  • 8 ye haue feared the sworde, and I wyll bring a sworde ouer you, saith the Lorde God.

  • 5 The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled, they haue slept their slepe: and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes.

  • 20 Among those that be slaine with the sworde shall they lye: to the sworde is she alredie delyuered, drawe her downe and all her multitude.

  • 9 Thou sonne of man, prophecie and speake, thus saith the Lorde God, Speake, the sworde the sworde is sharpened and well furbished.

  • 7 Behold they speake with their mouth, swordes are in their lippes: for say they who doth heare vs?

  • 4 Harnesse your horses, and set your selues vpon them, set your sallets fast on, bryng foorth speares, scoure your swordes, and put on your brestplates.

  • 5 He shall remember his notable souldiours, they shal stumble in goyng, they shall hasten to the wall, the couering fence is prepared.

  • 6 The hygh promotions of the Lorde shalbe in their mouth: and a two edged sworde in their handes.

  • 29 But beware of the sworde: for the sword wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure that there is a iudgement.

  • 42 They beare bowes and bucklers, cruell are they and vnmercifull: their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea, they ryde vpon horses, and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon.

  • 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shal fall before you vpon ye sworde.

  • 17 And the children of Israel beside Beniamin, were numbred foure hundred thousand men that drewe swordes, and were all men of warre.

  • 10 And he also that is valiaunt, whose heart is as ye heart of a Lio, shal shrink and faynt: For all Israel knoweth, that thy father is a mightie man, and they which be with him are stout men.

  • 24 The children of Iuda that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand & eight hundred, redie prepared to the warre.

  • 36 Then saide he vnto them: But nowe he that hath a wallet, let him take it vp, and lykewyse his scrippe: and he that hath none, let him sell his coate, and bye a sworde.

  • 10 Yea, I wyll make many people amased at thee, and their kinges shalbe astonished with feare for thee, when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces: and they shalbe afraide at euery moment euery man for his owne lyfe, in the day of thy fall.

  • 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me, yet shall not mine heart be afraide: and though there rose vp warre against me, yet I wyll put my trust in this.

  • 8 And Dauid sayd vnto Ahimelech: Is not here vnder thyne hand either speare or sworde? for I haue neither brought my sword nor my harnesse with me, because the kinges busines required haste.

  • 15 The sworde shalbe without, pestilence and hunger within: so that who so is in the fielde shalbe slayne with the sworde, and he that is in the citie shalbe deuoured with hunger and pestilence.

  • 21 Yet they had a file for the shares, for the mattockes, for the pickforkes, and for the axes, and for to sharpen to goades.

  • 28 His arrowes are sharpe, and all his bowes bent: his horse hoofes are as flint, and his cart wheeles like a whyrle winde.