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Song of Songs 5:8-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Song of Songs 5:8-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
tell him this:
I am faint with love.(A)
Colloquy of Friends and the Young Woman
9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O fairest among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus charge us?(B)
10 My beloved is all radiant and ruddy,
distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
his locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
beside springs of water,
bathed in milk,
fitly set.[a](C)
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices,
yielding fragrance.
His lips are lilies,
dripping liquid myrrh.(D)
14 His arms are rounded gold,
set with jewels.
His body is an ivory panel,[b]
decorated with sapphires.
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set upon bases of gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His speech is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.(E)
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)
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