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Song of Songs 6:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Threescore, are the queens, and, fourscore, are the concubines,—and, virgins, there are, without number.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— There are threescore Queenes and fourescore concubines & of the damsels without nober.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— There are threescore Queenes, and fourescore concubines, and virgins without number.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and virgins without number.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
There x1992
(1992) Complement
הֵם
hem
{haym}
Masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic).
are threescore 8346
{8346} Prime
שִׁשִּׁים
shishshiym
{shish-sheem'}
Multiple of H8337; sixty.
queens, 4436
{4436} Prime
מַלְכָּה
malkah
{mal-kaw'}
Feminine of H4428; a queen.
and fourscore 8084
{8084} Prime
שְׁמֹנִים
sh@moniym
{shem-o-neem'}
Multiplicative from H8083; eighty; also eightieth.
concubines, 6370
{6370} Prime
פִּילֶגֶשׁ
piylegesh
{pee-leh'-ghesh}
Of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour.
and virgins 5959
{5959} Prime
עַלְמָה
`almah
{al-maw'}
Feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private).
without x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
number. 4557
{4557} Prime
מִסְפָּר
micpar
{mis-pawr'}
From H5608; a number, definitely (arithmetical) or indefinitely (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Song of Songs 6:8

_ _ threescore — indefinite number, as in Song of Songs 3:7. Not queens, etc., of Solomon, but witnesses of the espousals, rulers of the earth contrasted with the saints, who, though many, are but “one” bride (Isaiah 52:15; Luke 22:25, Luke 22:26; John 17:21; 1 Corinthians 10:17). The one Bride is contrasted with the many wives whom Eastern kings had in violation of the marriage law (1 Kings 11:1-3).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Song of Songs 6:4-10.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Song of Songs 6:8

Threescore — A certain number for an uncertain. The sense seems to be this, there are many beautiful queens and concubines in the world, in the courts of princes, but none of them is to be compared with my spouse.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Song of Songs 6:8

There are (d) sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

(d) Meaning that the gifts are infinite which Christ gives to his Church: or that his faithful are many in number.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

1 Kings 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
2 Chronicles 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
Psalms 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1K 11:1. 2Ch 11:21. Ps 45:14. Rv 7:9.

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