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In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Psalms 45:14 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
  • KJV She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
  • 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, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
  • 2 Cor 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Song 6:1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
  • Exod 28:39You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
  • Song 1:3–5The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
  • Song 2:7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
  • Song 6:13Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?
  • Song 6:8There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
  • Song 5:8–9O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  • Judg 5:30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
  • John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 14:1–4Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 45:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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