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Song of Songs 5:8-16
New International Version
Song of Songs 5:8-16
New International Version
8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)—
if you find my beloved,(B)
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.(C)
Friends
9 How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?(D)
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
She
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.(E)
11 His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(F)
by the water streams,
washed in milk,(G)
mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(H) are like beds of spice(I)
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(J)
dripping with myrrh.(K)
14 His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.(L)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,(M)
choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth(N) is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,(O) this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.(P)
Song of Solomon 5:8-16
New Living Translation
Song of Solomon 5:8-16
New Living Translation
8 Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem—
If you find my lover,
tell him I am weak with love.
Young Women of Jerusalem
9 Why is your lover better than all others,
O woman of rare beauty?
What makes your lover so special
that we must promise this?
Young Woman
10 My lover is dark and dazzling,
better than ten thousand others!
11 His head is finest gold,
his wavy hair is black as a raven.
12 His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.
13 His cheeks are like gardens of spices
giving off fragrance.
His lips are like lilies,
perfumed with myrrh.
14 His arms are like rounded bars of gold,
set with beryl.
His body is like bright ivory,
glowing with lapis lazuli.
15 His legs are like marble pillars
set in sockets of finest gold.
His posture is stately,
like the noble cedars of Lebanon.
16 His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is desirable in every way.
Such, O women of Jerusalem,
is my lover, my friend.
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