Song of Solomon 1:8

Song of Solomon chapter 1 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

Context

v.7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

v.8This passage

v.9I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 16:3

    As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

  • Song of Solomon 1:15

    Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.

  • Song of Solomon 2:10

    My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Psalms 45:13

    The king’s daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.

  • James 2:21

    Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

  • Proverbs 8:34

    Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.