^23:42The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her,⁵⁷ including all kinds of men;⁵⁸ even Sabeans⁵⁹ were brought from the desert. The sisters⁶⁰ put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Footnotes

57 Heb “(was) in her.”
58 Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”
59 An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.
60 Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The noise of a carefree crowd was around her; drunkards were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful tiaras on their heads.

NLTNew Living Translation

From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And a sound of a carefree crowd was with it, and in addition to these men, a crowd of drunken men was brought in from the desert, and they put bracelets on their arms and a crown of splendor on their heads.

KJV 1900King James Version

And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

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