Song of Solomon 6 · Verse 8

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
Song of Solomon 6:8, King James Version

Song of Solomon 6:8 in other translations

BSBThere are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
WEBThere are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
ASVThere are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.
YLTSixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
DARBYThere are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:
BBEThere are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.
WebsterThere are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

What does Song of Solomon 6:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. threescore--indefinite number, as in So 3:7. Not queens, &c., of Solomon, but witnesses of the espousals, rulers of the earth contrasted with the saints, who, though many, are but "one" bride (Is 52:15; Lu 22:25, 26; Joh 17:21; 1Co 10:17). The one Bride is contrasted with the many wives whom Eastern kings had in violation of the marriage law (1Ki 11:1-3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 There are threescore queens - Though there be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, or secondary wives, and virgins innumerable, in my harem, yet thou, my dove, my undefiled, art אצת achath, One, the Only One, she in whom I delight beyond all.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 6:4-10

All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his followers gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows the tenderness of a Redeemer, the delight he takes in his redeemed people, and the workings of his own grace in them. True believers alone can possess the beauty of holiness. And when their real character is known, it will be…

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Song of Solomon 6:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.Shim[are] sixtyH8346
הֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahtheyH1992
מְּלָכ֔וֹתme.la.KhotqueensH4436
וּשְׁמֹנִ֖יםu.she.mo.Nimand eightyH8084
פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑יםpi.lag.ShimconcubinesH6370
וַעֲלָמ֖וֹתva.'a.la.Motand young womenH5959
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369
מִסְפָּֽר\׃mis.Par[is] a numberH4557

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Song of Solomon 6:8

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 11:3

    And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

  • 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;

  • Psalms 45:9

    Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

  • 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.)

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 11:1; 2Ch 11:21; Ps 45:14; Re 7:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Song of Solomon 6:7

    As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

  • Song of Solomon 6:8

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

  • Song of Solomon 6:9

    My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

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Song of Solomon 6:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sesenta son las reinas, y ochenta las concubinas, y las doncellas sin cuento:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il y a 60 reines, et 80 concubines, et des jeunes filles sans nombre:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sechzig sind der Königinnen und achtzig der Kebsweiber, und Jungfrauen ohne Zahl.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Una est columba mea, perfecta mea, una est matris suæ, electa genetrici suæ. Viderunt eam filiæ, et beatissimam prædicaverunt; reginæ et concubinæ, et laudaverunt eam.