Catholic Public Domain Version
"all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night. "
— Song Of Solomon 3:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.”
“They all handle the sword, andare expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night. ”
“They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.”
“All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.”
“All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.”
“All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.”
“They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.”
Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.
Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?
Chorus to Bride: Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon,
all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.
Bride to Chorus: King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon.
He made its columns of silver, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.
O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart.