Song of Solomon 5:8-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ Most beautiful of women,
what makes your beloved better than any other beloved?
What makes your beloved better than any other beloved
that you make us swear this way?

¹⁰ My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy.
He stands out among 10,000 men.
¹¹ His head is the finest gold.
His hair is wavy, black as a raven.
¹² His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk.
¹³ His cheeks are like a garden of spices,
a garden that produces scented herbs.
His lips are lilies that drip with myrrh.
¹⁴ His hands are disks of gold set with emerald.
His chest is a block of ivory covered with sapphires.
¹⁵ His legs are columns of marble set on bases of pure gold.
His form is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
¹⁶ His mouth is sweet in every way.
Everything about him is desirable!
This is my beloved, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.