Song of Solomon 1:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses.

New Living Translation
You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

English Standard Version
I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

Berean Study Bible
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

New American Standard Bible
“To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

NASB 1995
"To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

NASB 1977
“To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

Amplified Bible
“To me, my love, you are like My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

Christian Standard Bible
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

Contemporary English Version
You move as gracefully as the pony that leads the chariot of the king.

Good News Translation
You, my love, excite men as a mare excites the stallions of Pharaoh's chariots.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My true love, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.

International Standard Version
My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

New King James Version
I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.

King James 2000 Bible
I have compared you, O my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.

New Heart English Bible
I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

World English Bible
I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

American King James Version
I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

American Standard Version
I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

A Faithful Version
O My love, I have compared you to My mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

Darby Bible Translation
I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

English Revised Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I haue compared thee, O my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaoh.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(1:8) Unto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee, O my loue.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There wil I tary for the (my loue) wt myne hoost & with my charettes, which shalbe no fewer then Pharaos.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared you, my friend,

Young's Literal Translation
To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

Smith's Literal Translation
To my mares in Pharaoh's chariots I likened thee, O my neighbor.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.

Catholic Public Domain Version
O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have compared you to a mare in the chariot of Pharaoh, my kinswoman

Lamsa Bible
I have compared you, O my beloved, to a mare in Pharaoh's chariot.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
















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