Song of Solomon 1:10

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“Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.”

What this verse means

Read Song of Solomon 1:10 in the flow of Song of Solomon1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Song of Solomon1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 1:10 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  2. Genesis 24:47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  3. Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
  4. Numbers 31:50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
  5. Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
  6. Song of Solomon 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
  7. Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
  8. Isaiah 3:18In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
  9. Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  10. Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
  11. Ezekiel 16:12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
  12. 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  13. 2 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

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