Song of Songs 3:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

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  • Ps 45:3 : 3 Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
  • Ps 91:5 : 5 Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,
  • Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds. 6 The exaltation of God `is' in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand. 7 To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples. 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron, 9 To do among them the judgment written, An honour it `is' for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!
  • Eph 6:16-18 : 16 above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench, 17 and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God, 18 through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, 7 for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken, 8 and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,
  • Neh 4:21-22 : 21 And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars. 22 Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day `for' the work:'

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  • 7 Lo, his couch, that `is' Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones `are' around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

  • 3 Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

  • 13 And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

  • 16 Its quiver `is' as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.

  • Joel 2:7-8
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    71%

    7 As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.

    8 And each his brother they press not, Each in his way they go on, If by the missile they fall, they are not cut off.

  • 3 And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the abundance of the wounded, And the weight of carcases, Yea, there is no end to the bodies, They stumble over their bodies.

  • 15 Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.

  • 15 For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

  • 23 Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it `is', and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.

  • Joel 3:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

    10 Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I `am' mighty.'

  • 2 Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

  • 25 Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

  • 25 Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear `is' round about.

  • 8 and ye have compassed the king round about, each with his weapons in his hand, and he who is coming unto the ranges is put to death; and be ye with the king in his going out and in his coming in.'

  • Neh 4:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, `each' with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

    18 And the builders `are' each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet `is' beside me.

  • 3 The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might `are in' scarlet, With fiery torches `is' the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

  • Jer 50:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36 A sword `is' on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword `is' on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

    37 A sword `is' on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who `are' in her midst, And they have become women; A sword `is' on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;

  • 11 And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened -- the sword -- and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.

  • 26 The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance.

  • 25 For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

  • 22 Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day `for' the work:'

  • 23 Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

  • 27 and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.'

  • 8 A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • 5 Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.

  • 20 In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, `To' the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.

  • 9 `Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

  • 7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

  • 4 Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.

  • 5 He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten `to' its wall, and prepared is the covering.

  • 6 The exaltation of God `is' in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand.

  • 29 Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious `are' the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that `there is' a judgment.

  • 42 Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel `are' they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  • 7 `And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;

  • 17 And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

  • 10 and he also, the son of valour, whose heart `is' as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour `are' those with him.

  • 24 The sons of Judah, bearing target and spear, `are' six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.

  • 36 Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take `it' up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

  • 10 And I have made many peoples astonished at thee, And their kings are afraid at thee with trembling, In My brandishing My sword before their faces, And they have trembled every moment, Each for his life -- in the day of thy fall.

  • 3 Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I `am' confident.

  • 8 And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.'

  • 15 The sword `is' without, And the pestilence and the famine within, He who is in a field by sword dieth, And he who is in a city, Famine and pestilence devour him.

  • 21 and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

  • 28 Whose arrows `are' sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, And its wheels as a hurricane!