KJV King James Version
He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, its midst being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined with love, By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 3
7 Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon’s; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַמּוּדָיו֙H5982 · am.mudpillarעָ֣שָׂהH6213 · a.sahto make: doכֶ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyרְפִידָת֣וֹH7507 · re.phi.dahbackזָהָ֔בH2091 · za.havgoldמֶרְכָּב֖וֹH4817 · mer.kavchariotאַרְגָּמָ֑ןH713 · ar.ga.manpurpleתּוֹכוֹ֙H8432 · ta.vekhmidstרָצ֣וּףH7528 · ra.tsaphto fitאַהֲבָ֔הH160 · a.ha.vahloveמִבְּנ֖וֹתH1323 · batdaughterיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 1:5I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.Psalm 87:3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.Ephesians 3:18-19May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,1 Timothy 3:15-16But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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