She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
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.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 12
- Song 8:13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
- 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Song 6:1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
- Exod 28:39And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
- Song 1:3–5Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
- Song 2:7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Song 6:13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
- Song 6:8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
- Song 5:8–9I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Judg 5:30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
- John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- Rev 14:1–4And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
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