Song of Solomon 6:8
New International Version
Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number;

New Living Translation
Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women,

English Standard Version
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Berean Standard Bible
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

King James Bible
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

New King James Version
There are sixty queens And eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

New American Standard Bible
“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And young women without number;

NASB 1995
“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;

NASB 1977
“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;

Legacy Standard Bible
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;

Amplified Bible
“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;

Christian Standard Bible
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and young women without number.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There are 60 queens and 80 concubines and young women without number.

American Standard Version
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

Contemporary English Version
What if I could have sixty queens, eighty wives, and thousands of others!

English Revised Version
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There are 60 queens, 80 concubines, and countless virgins,

Good News Translation
Let the king have sixty queens, eighty concubines, young women without number!

International Standard Version
There are sixty queens and eighty mistresses, and too many young women to count,

Majority Standard Bible
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

NET Bible
There may be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.

New Heart English Bible
There are sixty queens, eighty secondary wives, and virgins without number.

Webster's Bible Translation
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

World English Bible
There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, "" And virgins without number.

Young's Literal Translation
Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

Smith's Literal Translation
They are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens no number.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.

Catholic Public Domain Version
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.

New American Bible
Sixty are the queens, eighty the concubines, and young women without number—

New Revised Standard Version
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and virgins without number.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Sixty are Queens and eighty are Concubines and the young girls there have no number
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There are threescore queens, And fourscore concubines, And maidens without number.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Together in the Garden
7Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. 8There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number, 9but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.…

Cross References
1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

Esther 2:17
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Psalm 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Genesis 29:30
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

Matthew 25:1-13
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ...

Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Revelation 19:7-9
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Revelation 21:9
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Matthew 9:15
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.


Treasury of Scripture

There are three score queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

2 Chronicles 11:21
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Psalm 45:14
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

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Song of Solomon 6
1. the church professes her faith in Christ
4. Christ shows the graces of the church
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There are sixty queens
The mention of "sixty queens" reflects the grandeur and opulence of a royal court in ancient times. In the Hebrew context, the word for "queens" (מְלָכוֹת, melakhot) signifies women of high status and authority, often married to a king. This number, sixty, symbolizes completeness and abundance, suggesting a vast and prosperous kingdom. Historically, Solomon's reign was marked by wealth and alliances, often solidified through marriage. Theologically, this can be seen as a metaphor for the richness and diversity of the Church, the Bride of Christ, composed of believers from all nations and backgrounds.

and eighty concubines
The term "concubines" (פִּילַגְשִׁים, pilagshim) refers to women who, while not holding the status of a wife, were part of the king's household and bore him children. The number eighty further emphasizes the king's wealth and the extensive nature of his household. In the ancient Near Eastern context, concubines were common in royal courts, serving both political and personal purposes. Spiritually, this can be interpreted as a reflection of the many ways God interacts with His people, each relationship unique yet part of His divine plan.

and maidens without number
The phrase "maidens without number" (עֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר, alamot ein mispar) highlights the limitless beauty and potential within the kingdom. "Maidens" (עֲלָמוֹת, alamot) often refers to young, unmarried women, symbolizing purity and new beginnings. The expression "without number" suggests an innumerable multitude, pointing to the boundless grace and love of God. In a spiritual sense, this can be seen as an allegory for the countless believers who make up the body of Christ, each one cherished and valued beyond measure.

(8) There are threescore queens.--Presumably a description of Solomon's harem (from comp. with Song of Solomon 8:11-12), though the numbers are far more sober than in 1Kings 11:3. Probably the latter marks a later form of the traditions of the grand scale on which everything at the court of the monarch was conducted, and this, though a poetic, is a truer version of the story of his loves. The conjunction of alamoth with concubines, pilageshim (comp. ???????, pellex), decides for translating it puell? rather than virgines.

Verses 8, 9. - There are three score queens, and four score concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. The account given us of Solomon's harem in 1 Kings 11:3 represents the number as much larger. Is not that because the time referred to in the poem was early in the reign? The words are an echo of what we read in Proverbs 31:28 and Genesis 30:13. Perhaps the general meaning is merely to celebrate the surpassing beauty of the new bride. But there certainly is a special stress laid on her purity and innocence. There is no necessity to seek for any exact interpretation of the queens and concubines. They represent female beauty in its variety. The true Church is in closer relation to the Bridegroom than all the rest of the world. Even in the heathen and unconverted world there is a revelation of the Word, or, as the ancient Fathers of the Church said, a Λόγος σπερματὶκος. He was then as light, though the darkness comprehended him not. The perfection of the true bride of the Lamb will be acknowledged even by those who are not professedly Christian.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There
הֵ֙מָּה֙ (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are sixty
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים (šiš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 8346: Sixty

queens
מְּלָכ֔וֹת (mə·lā·ḵō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4436: Queen -- a queen

and eighty
וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים (ū·šə·mō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 8084: Eighty, eightieth

concubines,
פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים (pî·laḡ·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour

and maidens
וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת (wa·‘ă·lā·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5959: A young woman, a virgin

without
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

number,
מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration


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