8All holding swords, and most expert in war : every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.


In Context

5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please.

6 Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer?

7 Behold threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel, surrounded the bed of Solomon?

8 All holding swords, and most expert in war : every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.

9 King Solomon hath made him a litter of the wood of Libanus:

10 The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat of gold, the going up of purple : the midst he covered with charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in the night.