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Song of Solomon 3:10

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10He made its column of silver, its backo of gold, its seat of purple;

its interior is inlaid with leatherp by the maidens of Jerusalem.q

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Footnotes

  1. oOr “its support,” “its base,” “its headrest,” “its litter,” “its cover”
  2. pOr “love.” The Hebrew term here translated “leather” is spelled the same as the term for “love.” Most likely this is an example of a word play that puns on the intentional ambiguity: “Its interior was inlaid with leather//love by the maidens of Jerusalem”
  3. qLiterally “by the daughters of Jerusalem”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He made its posts of silver,

its back of gold, its seat of purple;

its interior was inlaid with love

by the daughters of Jerusalem.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Its posts he made of silver,

its base of gold.

Its seat was upholstered with purple,

its interior inlaid with love.

Daughters of Jerusalem,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made its posts of silver,

its back of gold,

and its seat of purple.

Its interior is inlaid with love

by the young women of Jerusalem.

NLTNew Living Translation

Its posts are silver,

its canopy gold;

its cushions are purple.

It was decorated with love

by the young women of Jerusalem.

KJV 1900King James Version

He made the pillars thereof of silver,

The bottom thereof of gold,

The covering of it of purple,

The midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.