KJV King James Version
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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Song of Solomon 1:11
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
WEB World English Bible
We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
ASV American Standard Version
We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].
11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12 While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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Cross-references
Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.Psalm 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.Song of Solomon 8:9If she [be] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [be] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.Ephesians 5:25-27Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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