Song of Songs 3:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 45:3 : 3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
  • Ps 91:5 : 5 You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,
  • Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds! 6 May the praises of God be in their mouths and a two-edged sword in their hands, 7 in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners. 8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles, 9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.
  • Eph 6:16-18 : 16 and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit(which is the word of God). 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
  • Neh 4:21-22 : 21 So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk. 22 At that time I instructed the people,“Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”

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  • Song 3:7
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    7Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.

  • Ps 45:3
    72%

    3Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

  • 1 Sam 25:13
    71%

    13Then David instructed his men,“Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

  • Jer 5:16
    71%

    16All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

  • Joel 2:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.

    8They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks.

  • Nah 3:3
    71%

    3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

  • Isa 13:15
    71%

    15Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

  • Isa 21:15
    70%

    15For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

  • Jer 6:23
    70%

    23Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”

  • Joel 3:9-10
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    70%

    9Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat Proclaim this among the nations:“Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack!

    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say,‘I too am a warrior!’

  • Isa 3:2
    70%

    2the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,

  • Deut 32:25
    69%

    25The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

  • Jer 6:25
    69%

    25Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”

  • 2 Kgs 11:8
    69%

    8You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”

  • Neh 4:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

    18The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.

  • Nah 2:3
    69%

    3Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The chariots are in flashing metal fittings on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    69%

    36Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

    37Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!

  • Ezek 21:11
    69%

    11“‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand– the sword is sharpened, it is polished– giving it into the hand of the executioner.

  • Job 41:26
    69%

    26Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

  • Isa 3:25
    69%

    25Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

  • Neh 4:22
    68%

    22At that time I instructed the people,“Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”

  • Job 39:23
    68%

    23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.

  • Exod 32:27
    68%

    27and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

  • Ezek 11:8
    68%

    8You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ps 76:5
    68%

    5The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

  • Ezek 32:20
    68%

    20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.

  • Ezek 21:9
    68%

    9“Son of man, prophesy and say:‘This is what the Lord says:“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

  • Ps 59:7
    68%

    7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”

  • Jer 46:4
    68%

    4Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!

  • Nah 2:5
    68%

    5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

  • Ps 149:6
    68%

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

  • Job 19:29
    67%

    29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

  • Jer 50:42
    67%

    42Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

  • Lev 26:7
    67%

    7You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

  • Judg 20:17
    67%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 2 Sam 17:10
    67%

    10If that happens even the bravest soldier– one who is lion-hearted– will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.

  • 1 Chr 12:24
    67%

    24From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

  • Luke 22:36
    67%

    36He said to them,“But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler’s bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

  • Ezek 32:10
    67%

    10I will shock many peoples with you, and their kings will shiver with horror because of you. When I brandish my sword before them, every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.

  • Ps 27:3
    67%

    3Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.

  • 1 Sam 21:8
    67%

    8David said to Ahimelech,“Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don’t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king’s instructions.”

  • Ezek 7:15
    67%

    15The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

  • 1 Sam 13:21
    67%

    21They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads.

  • Isa 5:28
    67%

    28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.