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I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you should find my beloved,
please tell him this:
    that I am sick with love.

Companions:

In what way is your beloved better than any other,
    O fairest of women?
In what way is your beloved better than any other
    that you lay this charge upon us?

Bride:

10 [a]My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    one who would stand out in a group of ten thousand.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 5:10 The bride describes the great physical qualities of the bridegroom.

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

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)

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