King James Version (KJV)
Song of Solomon 3:8
“They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.”
Verse in context — Song of Solomon 3
6
Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7
Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8
They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10
He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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A poetic celebration of love and intimacy, often seen as a picture of God’s love.
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