Song of Songs 5:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

Young Women

⁹What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?^(A)
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?

Woman

¹⁰My love is fit and strong,^[a]^(B)
notable among ten thousand.^(C)

¹¹His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy^[b]^(D)
and black as a raven.

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Footnotes

5:10 Or is radiant and ruddy
5:11 Or is like palm leaves; Hb obscure

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