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Song of Solomon 3:10 Explained in Context
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Verse 10. 10He 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse details silver, gold, purple, and a love-paved interior connected with Jerusalem's daughters.
Read It With
- Song of Solomon 3:6-11
Read Song of Solomon 3:10 with 3:6-11. This verse details silver, gold, purple, and a love-paved interior connected with Jerusalem's daughters. The complete unit establishes this movement: An unidentified voice or chorus watches a perfumed wilderness procession, Solomon's guarded conveyance, opulent craftsmanship, and a wedding-day crown supplied by his mother.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The collection places royal wealth, military security, public display, and maternal crowning beside private longing, inviting comparison without supplying a single plot solution. Within that movement, this verse details silver, gold, purple, and a love-paved interior connected with Jerusalem's daughters.
Read Song of Solomon 3:6–11 together
Why these verses belong together: Perfume, litter, guards, precious materials, daughters, crown, and wedding day create one royal spectacle.
Verse 6. 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Verse 7. 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Verse 8. 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Verse 9. 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Verse 10. 10 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.
Verse 11. 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Follow the Context
- A question sees smoke-like perfume rising from the wilderness.
- Solomon's bed or litter is surrounded by sixty armed men because of night fear.
- The king's conveyance is made from costly materials and paved with love by or for Jerusalem's daughters.
- The daughters of Zion are told to view Solomon crowned by his mother on his wedding day.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“paved with love”
In plain language: a difficult image of an interior inlaid, lined, or associated with love
details silver, gold, purple, and a love-paved interior connected with Jerusalem's daughters. Royal opulence and female communal language meet in a grammatically difficult line.
Why it matters: The wording carries interpretive or ethical risk requiring the complete unit and stated limits.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
The daughters' connection to the litter does not make women decorative materials or royal property.
What Remains True
Royal opulence and female communal language meet in a grammatically difficult line.
How It Can Shape Life
- Separate costly presentation from the quality of a relationship.
Teach It Back
Explain Song of Solomon 3:10's contribution to Song of Solomon 3:6-11: details silver, gold, purple, and a love-paved interior connected with Jerusalem's daughters. Include what the surrounding lines add, the stated uncertainty, and what this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Song of Solomon 3:6-11 — Solomon's Perfumed and Armed ProcessionSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The exact sense of paved with love and whether the daughters make, receive, or view it remain disputed.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Song of Solomon 3:6-11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Song of Songs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Song.xml, 3:6-11
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NET Bible: The Song of Songs with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
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Exact location: NET Bible Song of Songs PDF, printed pp. 1239-1242, translation and notes on 3:6-11
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