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Psalms 45:11

The king loves your beauty. Because he is your master, you should obey him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beauty;   Bride;   Fellowship;   Jesus Continued;   Love;   Solomon;   Women;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the King;   Excellency and Glory of the Church, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Psalms, the Book of;   Shushan;   Solomon's Song;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Babylon, Mystical;   Canticles;   ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Messiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shoshannim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Solomon the song of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and the king will desire your beauty.Bow down to him, for he is your lord.
Hebrew Names Version
So will the king desire your beauty, Honor him, for he is your lord.
King James Version
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
English Standard Version
and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.
New English Translation
Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
Amplified Bible
Then the King will desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.
New American Standard Bible
Then the King will crave your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
World English Bible
So will the king desire your beauty, Honor him, for he is your lord.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So shal the King haue pleasure in thy beautie: for he is thy Lord, and reuerence thou him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the King will desire your beauty.Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
Berean Standard Bible
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
Contemporary English Version
The king is your husband, so do what he desires.
Complete Jewish Bible
Listen, daughter! Think, pay attention! Forget your own people and your father's house,
Darby Translation
And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
Easy-to-Read Version
so that the king will be pleased with your beauty. He will be your new husband, so you must honor him.
George Lamsa Translation
So shall the king greatly desire your beauty; for he is your lord; make obeisance to him.
Good News Translation
Your beauty will make the king desire you; he is your master, so you must obey him.
Lexham English Bible
Let the king desire your beauty. Because he is your lord, therefore bow down to him.
Literal Translation
And the King will desire your beauty, for He is your Lord, and you shall worship Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken (o doughter) considre, & enclyne thine eare: forget thine owne people, & thy fathers house.
American Standard Version
So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
King James Version (1611)
So shall the king greatly desire thy beautie: for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie: for he is thy Lorde, and worship thou hym.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.
English Revised Version
So shall the king desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng schal coueyte thi fairnesse; for he is thi Lord God, and thei schulen worschipe hym.
Update Bible Version
So will the king desire your beauty; For he is your lord; and you shall reverence him.
Webster's Bible Translation
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy lord; and worship thou him.
New King James Version
So the King will greatly desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
New Living Translation
For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
New Life Bible
Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
New Revised Standard
and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When the king shall desire thy beauty, Surely, he, is thy lord, then bow down to him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(44-12) And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
Revised Standard Version
and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
Young's Literal Translation
And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord -- bow thyself to him,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

Contextual Overview

10 Listen to me, daughter; look and pay attention. Forget your people and your father's family. 11 The king loves your beauty. Because he is your master, you should obey him. 12 People from the city of Tyre have brought a gift. Wealthy people will want to meet you. 13 The princess is very beautiful. Her gown is woven with gold. 14 In her beautiful clothes she is brought to the king. Her bridesmaids follow behind her, and they are also brought to him. 15 They come with happiness and joy; they enter the king's palace. 16 You will have sons to replace your fathers. You will make them rulers through all the land. 17 I will make your name famous from now on, so people will praise you forever and ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

So shall: Song of Solomon 1:8, Song of Solomon 1:12-16, Song of Solomon 2:2, Song of Solomon 2:14, Song of Solomon 4:1-5, Song of Solomon 4:7, Song of Solomon 4:9, Song of Solomon 4:10, Song of Solomon 6:4, Song of Solomon 7:1-10, Isaiah 62:4, Isaiah 62:5, Zephaniah 3:17, Ephesians 5:26, Ephesians 5:27

Lord: Psalms 45:6, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, John 20:28, Acts 10:36, Romans 14:9, Philippians 2:10, Philippians 2:11, Philippians 3:8

worship: Psalms 2:12, Psalms 95:6, Luke 24:52, John 4:21, John 4:22, Revelation 5:8-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:1 - Get Genesis 24:58 - General Deuteronomy 21:13 - and bewail 1 Samuel 25:42 - Abigail Song of Solomon 2:10 - Rise Song of Solomon 7:6 - General Song of Solomon 7:10 - his Song of Solomon 8:1 - I would Song of Solomon 8:5 - from the Ezekiel 23:4 - they were Daniel 10:11 - greatly beloved Matthew 2:2 - worship Matthew 28:17 - worshipped Mark 2:20 - the bridegroom John 9:38 - Lord 1 Corinthians 1:2 - our Lord 2 Corinthians 11:2 - I have Revelation 7:11 - and worshipped Revelation 19:10 - worship Revelation 22:9 - worship God

Cross-References

Genesis 45:5
Now don't be worried or angry with yourselves because you sold me here. God sent me here ahead of you to save people's lives.
Genesis 45:6
No food has grown on the land for two years now, and there will be five more years without planting or harvest.
Genesis 45:9
"So leave quickly and go to my father. Tell him, ‘Your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all Egypt. Come down to me quickly.
Genesis 45:12
"Now you can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that the one speaking to you is really Joseph.
Genesis 47:6
and you may choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if any of them are skilled shepherds, put them in charge of my sheep and cattle."
Genesis 47:12
And Joseph gave his father, his brothers, and everyone who lived with them the food they needed.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to do their duty to their own family and to repay their parents or grandparents. That pleases God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty,.... Which lies in the comeliness or righteousness of Christ put upon her; in the holiness of Christ reckoned to her; in being washed from all sin in the blood of Christ; in the graces of the Spirit being implanted in her, in which the beauty of holiness lies; in the salvation she is interested in, and beautified with; in enjoying the order and ordinance of Christ's house, and in having the presence of God and Christ with her: and this beauty is not natural, nor acquired by her, but what is given her; it is not an outward, but an inward beauty; nor is it fictitious, but real; it is perfect through the comeliness of her Lord upon her; and it is durable as the olive tree: and this is greatly desired by Christ, who delights in her, and to behold her countenance; seeks after her company, and will have her where he is, that she may behold his glory, and he may behold her beauty;

for he [is] thy Lord; not only by creation, but by redemption, and in right of marriage, as well as on account of other relations he stands in to her, as Father, Head, King, and Master; and it is her privilege that he is her Lord, as well as her duty to own the relation; since, though he is a sovereign Lord, he is no tyrannical one, but governs with gentleness, and he has all power to protect her, and all fulness to supply her wants; and on account of his being her Husband, Lord, and Head, he has a right of worship from her, as follows;

and worship thou him; both internally, by the exercise of faith, hope, and love upon him; and externally, by praying to him, praising of him, and attending on all his ordinances, and doing everything in a religious way, in his name, according to his word, and by his authority; and such worship should be in spirit and in truth, in sincerity, and without hypocrisy, in righteousness and true holiness, and with reverence and godly fear.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty - That is, in consequence of your love to him, and your entire devotion of yourself to him. The word “desire” here is equivalent to having pleasure in; as meaning that his affliction would thus be fixed on her. In this way - by forgetting her own home, and devoting herself to him - she would secure his affection. In the married life, mere “beauty” will not secure permanently the love of a husband. The heart, as given to him, and as faithful to him, will alone secure his love. In like manner, it is nothing but sincere affection - true love on the part of the professed friends of the Saviour - the forgetting and forsaking of all else - that will secure his love, or make the church to him an object of desire.

For he is thy Lord - That is, as a husband he sustains this relation to thee; or, this appellation may be given to him. In what sense this is true in respect to a husband, see the notes at 1 Peter 3:6; notes at 1 Corinthians 11:3. In respect to the Saviour, the dominion implied in the word “Lord” is absolute and entire.

And worship thou him - That is, as applicable to a bride, Show him respect, honor, reverence. See the notes at Ephesians 5:33. The word means properly to bow down; then, to show respect, as to a superior; and then, to show proper respect to God, to wit, by worshipping or adoring him. See the notes at Matthew 2:11; see Matthew 8:2; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 15:25; Matthew 18:26; Matthew 28:9; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:9; compare the notes at Hebrews 1:6.


 
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