Song of Solomon 5:8-16

International Standard Version

⁹ What is so special about your beloved,^[b]
    most beautiful of women?
What is so special about your beloved,
    that you charge us like this?

¹⁰ My beloved is dazzling,
    with a dark and healthy complexion,
        outstanding among ten thousand.
¹¹ His head is pure gold,
    his hair is wavy, black like a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves
    by streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    mounted like jewels.
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spices,
    like towers of perfume.
His lips are lilies,
    dripping with liquid myrrh.
¹⁴ His hands are rods of gold,
    set with beryl.
His stomach is carved ivory,
    inlaid with sapphires.^[c]
15 His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
    choice like its cedars.
¹⁶ His mouth^[d] is sweetness,
    and all of him is desirable.
This is my beloved, this is my friend,
    young women of Jerusalem!