Song of Solomon 5:8-16
21st Century King James Version
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him that I am sick with love.”
9 “What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?”
10 “My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold; his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweetsmelling myrrh.
14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
15 His legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold; his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”
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Song of Solomon 5:8-16
American Standard Version
8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If ye find my beloved,
[a]That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.
9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved,
O thou fairest among women?
What is thy beloved more than another beloved,
That thou dost so adjure us?
10 My beloved is white and ruddy,
[b]The chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold;
His locks are [c]bushy, and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks,
Washed with milk, and [d]fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of [e]spices,
As [f]banks of sweet herbs:
His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14 His hands are as [g]rings of gold set with [h]beryl:
His body is as [i]ivory work [j]overlaid with sapphires.
15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 His [k]mouth is most sweet;
Yea, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:8 Hebrew What will ye tell him? That etc.
- Song of Solomon 5:10 Hebrew Marked out by a banner.
- Song of Solomon 5:11 Or, curling
- Song of Solomon 5:12 Or, sitting by full streams
- Song of Solomon 5:13 Or, balsam
- Song of Solomon 5:13 Or, towers of perfumes
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or, cylinders
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or, topaz
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or, bright ivory
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Or, encrusted
- Song of Solomon 5:16 Or, speech. Hebrew palate.
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