Song of Solomon 3:8

WEB

⁸They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

KJV

⁸They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

BSB

⁸All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

FBV

⁸All of them are expert swordsmen who have battle experience. They each carry a sword strapped to the thigh, ready for any night-time attacks.

Extra References

Psalms 45:3

³Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.

⁵Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds. ⁶May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand, ⁷to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; ⁸to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; ⁹to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise the LORD!

Ephesians 6:16-18

¹⁶above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word^[+] of God; ¹⁸with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

Psalms 91:5

⁵You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Isaiah 27:3

³I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

Nehemiah 4:21-22

²¹So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. ²²Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

⁶so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.