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Bible in Basic English

So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

New American Standard Bible

Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

King James Version

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Holman Bible

and the king will desire your beauty.
Bow down to him, for he is your lord.

International Standard Version

and the king will greatly desire your beauty. Because he is your lord, you should bow in respect before him.

A Conservative Version

So will the king desire thy beauty, for he is thy lord, and reverence thou him.

American Standard Version

So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.

Amplified


Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

Darby Translation

And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king shall desire for himself thy beauty, for he is thy Lord; and worship thou to him.

King James 2000

So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: since he is your Lord, worship him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let the king desire your beauty. Because he [is] your lord, therefore bow down to him.

Modern King James verseion

And cause the King greatly to desire your beauty, for He is your Lord, and you shall worship Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy LORD, and thou shalt worship him.

NET Bible

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

New Heart English Bible

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

The Emphasized Bible

When the king shall desire thy beauty, Surely, he, is thy lord, then bow down to him.

Webster

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy lord; and worship thou him.

World English Bible

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

10 O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house; 11 So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour. 12 And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

Psalm 95:6

O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

Psalm 2:12

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Psalm 45:6

Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

Song of Songs 1:8

If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

Song of Songs 1:12-16

While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume.

Song of Songs 2:2

As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

Song of Songs 2:14

O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

Song of Songs 4:1-5

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:7

You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.

Song of Songs 4:9-10

You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!

Song of Songs 6:4

You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

Song of Songs 7:1-10

How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O king's daughter! The curves of your legs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a good workman:

Isaiah 62:4-5

You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

Luke 24:52

And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.

John 4:21-22

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

John 20:28

And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!

Acts 10:36

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

Romans 14:9

And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

Ephesians 5:26-27

So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

Philippians 2:10-11

So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,

Philippians 3:8

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

Revelation 5:8-14

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

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