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
Lexham English Bible
Adjuration Refrain
8 I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[a]
if you find my beloved, what will you tell him?
Tell him that I am lovesick![b]
Maiden’s Praise of Her Beloved
9 How is your beloved better than another lover,[c]
O most beautiful among women?
How is your beloved better than another lover, [d]
that you adjure us thus?
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,[e]
distinguished among[f] ten thousand.
11 His head is gold, refined gold;
his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside springs[g] of water,
bathed in milk, set like mounted jewels.[h][i]
13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances;
his lips are lilies dripping liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods[j][k] of gold engraved with[l] jewels;
his belly[m] is polished ivory covered with sapphires.[n]
15 His legs are columns of alabaster,[o] set on bases of gold;
his appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.[p]
16 His mouth[q] is sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved;
this is my friend, O young women of Jerusalem.[r]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
- Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “sick with love”
- Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
- Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
- Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “red”
- Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “more than”
- Song of Solomon 5:12 Or “streams”
- Song of Solomon 5:12 Literally “dwelling in a setting”
- Song of Solomon 5:12 Or “seated at a suitable mounting”
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Literally “cylinders”
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or “rings”
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Literally “filled with”
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or “body”
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or “works of ivory set with sapphire”
- Song of Solomon 5:15 Or “marble”
- Song of Solomon 5:15 Literally “the cedars”
- Song of Solomon 5:16 Or “his palate”
- Song of Solomon 5:16 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
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