There are sixty queens
and eighty concubines(A)
and young women[a] without number.
But my dove,(B) my virtuous one, is unique;(C)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;(D)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10 Who is this(E) who shines like the dawn,
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:8 Or and virgins; Sg 1:3

Sixty queens(A) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(B)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(C) my perfect one,(D) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(E)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

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10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

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