“There are sixty (A)queens and eighty concubines,
And [a](B)maidens without number;
But (C)my dove, my perfect one, is [b]unique:
She is her mother’s [c]only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The [d](D)maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The (E)queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

10 ‘Who is this that [e]grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full (F)moon,
As pure (G)as the sun,
As (H)awesome as [f]an army with banners?’

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:8 Or virgins
  2. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit one
  3. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit one
  4. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit daughters
  5. Song of Solomon 6:10 Lit looks down
  6. Song of Solomon 6:10 Lit bannered ones