Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
- BSB You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- NKJV O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, Lovely as Jerusalem, Awesome as an army with banners!
- NASB ¶“You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners.
- NLT You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
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Quick answer
The beloved resumes his praise, calling the bride beautiful as the cities Tirzah and Jerusalem and as awe-inspiring as an army with banners. Her beauty is both lovely and majestic.
Overview
Tirzah and Jerusalem were renowned for their splendor, and the martial image conveys a beauty that commands reverence, not mere admiration. The beloved sees in his bride both delight and dignity. This dignified picture of the beloved's worth resonates with the church, whom Scripture calls the bride 'adorned for her husband.'
Cross-references & the web
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- Song 6:10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
- Ps 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- 1 Kgs 14:17And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
- Lam 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Song 4:7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
- Song 2:14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
- Rev 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- 1 Kgs 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
- Rev 19:14–16And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
- 1 Kgs 15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- 2 Cor 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- Song 1:15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
- Ps 144:4–8Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Num 24:5–9How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- Song 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
- Ezek 16:13–14Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
- Eph 5:27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
- Zech 12:3And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
- Song 1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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