Song of Solomon 6:8

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“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,”

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BSBPD

“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 6:8 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
  2. 1 Kings 11:3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
  3. 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
  4. Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
  5. Psalms 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
  6. Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

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