KJV King James Version
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
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Psalm 45:14
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
WEB World English Bible
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
ASV American Standard Version
She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins—after her—her companions, Are brought to thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 45
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king’s daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
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2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.Song of Solomon 8:13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].Song of Solomon 6:13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.Song of Solomon 6:8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.Exodus 28:39And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre [of] fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle [of] needlework.Song of Solomon 2:7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.Song of Solomon 6:1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.Song of Solomon 1:3-5Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.Song of Solomon 5:8-9I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.Judges 5:30Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil?Revelation 14:1-4And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
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