She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
Parallel translations
- KJV She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
- BSB In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
- NKJV She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors; The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
- NASB She will be brought to the King in colorful garments; The virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You.
- NLT In her beautiful robes, she is led to the king, accompanied by her bridesmaids.
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Quick answer
The bride is led to the king in embroidered robes with her virgin companions following. It matters because the joyful procession pictures the church brought to Christ.
Overview
The wedding procession brings the beautifully robed bride and her attendants to the king. The scene is one of honor and celebration. It foreshadows the church being presented to Christ, the Bridegroom welcoming His people with joy at the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Song 8:13You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
- 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Song 6:1Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
- Exod 28:39You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
- Song 1:3–5Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
- Song 2:7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
- Song 6:13Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
- Song 6:8There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
- Song 5:8–9I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
- Judg 5:30‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- Rev 14:1–4I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
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