Song of Solomon 3:8

Old Testament Poetry/Wisdom ASV (1901)

They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

Song of Solomon 3:8 — American Standard Version

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Context — Song of Solomon 3

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5I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.

6Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

7Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.

8They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.

10He 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.

11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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