KJV King James Version
Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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Psalm 45:9
Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
WEB World English Bible
Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
ASV American Standard Version
Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
Surrounding context — Psalm 45
6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
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.
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1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.Revelation 21:9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Revelation 19:7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.Ephesians 5:26-27That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.Song of Solomon 6:8-9There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.Song of Solomon 7:1How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs [are] like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.Isaiah 60:10-11And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.Psalm 45:13The king’s daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.Revelation 21:24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.1 Kings 2:9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.Psalm 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.1 Kings 10:11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.Song of Solomon 4:8-11Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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