Song of Solomon 5:8-16
English Standard Version
8 I (A)adjure you, O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
(C)I am sick with love.
Others
9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O (D)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus (E)adjure us?
The Bride Praises Her Beloved
She
10 My beloved is radiant and (F)ruddy,
(G)distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
(H)his locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His (I)eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool.[a]
13 His (J)cheeks are like (K)beds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are (L)lilies,
dripping (M)liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with (N)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[b]
bedecked with (O)sapphires.[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like (P)Lebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His (Q)mouth[d] is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O (R)daughters of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli
- Song of Solomon 5:16 Hebrew palate
Song of Solomon 5:8-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Y What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?(C)
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?
10 W My love is fit and strong,[a](D)
notable among ten thousand.(E)
11 His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy[b](F)
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(G)
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.[c]
13 His cheeks(H) are like beds of spice,
towers of[d] perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.(I)
14 His arms[e] are rods of gold
set[f] with topaz.[g](J)
His body[h] is an ivory panel
covered with sapphires.(K)
15 His legs are alabaster pillars
set on pedestals of pure gold.
His presence is like Lebanon,(L)
as majestic as the cedars.(M)
16 His mouth is sweetness.
He is absolutely desirable.(N)
This is my love, and this is my friend,
young women of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:10 Or is radiant and ruddy
- Song of Solomon 5:11 Or is [like] palm leaves; Hb obscure
- Song of Solomon 5:12 Lit milk sitting in fullness
- Song of Solomon 5:13 LXX, Vg read spice, yielding
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Lit hands
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Lit filled; Sg 5:2,12
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Probably yellow topaz
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Lit abdomen
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