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There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

KJV

Hebrew original

שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת וּ/שְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים וַ/עֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il y a soixante reines, quatre-vingts concubines, Et des jeunes filles sans nombre.

KJV

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Patristic reading

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  • Rufinus Aquileiensis

    Commentarius In Symbolum Apostolorum

    at Spiritus Sanctus in Canticis Canticorum : Una est columba mea, una est perfecta c genetrici suoe (Cant. 6. 8.). Qui ergo hanc fidem in Ecclesia susci- pit, non declinet in concilio vanitatis, et cum iniqua gerentibus non introeat. Concilium namque vanitatis est, quod d agit Ma…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    of a dove, which is a creature both loving and gregarious. Wherefore also it is said of the Church ( Cant 6:8 ): "One is my dove." But on the apostles the Holy Ghost descended under the form of fire, for two reasons. First, to show with what fervor their hearts were to be moved,…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    (Alias 109). Cum una sit Ecclesia, testante Salomone, Una est perfecta mea, una est columba mea (Cant. VI, 8) : dicente quoque Apostolo, Ecclesia Dei vivi, quae est columna et firmamentum veritatis (I Tim. III, 15) : quomodo Joannes in Apocalypsi septem scripsit ecclesiis (Ap…

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