KJV King James Version
His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
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Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
WEB World English Bible
His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
ASV American Standard Version
His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5
11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.
13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Cross-references
Exodus 24:10And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.Exodus 28:20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.Ezekiel 1:16The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.Ezekiel 1:26-28And above the firmament that [was] over their heads [was] the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.Exodus 39:13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: [they were] inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.Exodus 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.Song of Solomon 7:2Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquor: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.Isaiah 52:13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.Psalm 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.Psalm 44:4-7Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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