I have compared thee, O my love, to the troupe of horses in the [a]chariots of Pharaoh.

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of stones, and thy neck with chains.

10 We will make thee borders of gold with floods of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:8 For thy spiritual beauty and excellency there was no worldly treasure to be compared unto thee.

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(A)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(B)
10 Your cheeks(C) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.(D)

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