Song of Solomon 5:9–16
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9Most beautiful of women,
is your lover different from everyone else?
What is there so wonderful about him
that we should give you our promise?
10My lover is handsome and strong;
he is one in ten thousand.
11His face is bronzed and smooth;
his hair is wavy,
black as a raven.
12His eyes are as beautiful as
doves by a flowing brook, doves washed in milk and standing by the stream.f
13His cheeks are as lovely as a garden
that is full of herbs and spices.
His lips are like lilies,
wet with liquid myrrh.
14His hands are well formed,
and he wears rings set with gems.
His body is like smooth ivory,g
with sapphires set in it.
15His thighs are columns of alabaster
set in sockets of gold.
He is majestic, like the Lebanon Mountains
with their towering cedars.
16His mouth is sweet to kiss;
everything about him enchants me.
This is what my lover is like,
women of Jerusalem.
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus adjure us?
My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
distinguished among ten thousand.
His head is the finest gold;
his locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool.
His cheeks are like beds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are lilies,
dripping liquid myrrh.
His arms are rods of gold,
set with jewels.
His body is polished ivory,
bedecked with sapphires.
His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.
His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
by the water streams,
washed in milk,
mounted like jewels.
His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies
dripping with myrrh.
His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.
His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars.
His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?
My love is fit and strong,
notable among ten thousand.
His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
beside flowing streams,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.
His cheeks are like beds of spice,
mounds of perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.
His arms are rods of gold
set with beryl.
His body is an ivory panel
covered with lapis lazuli.
His legs are alabaster pillars
set on pedestals of pure gold.
His presence is like Lebanon,
as majestic as the cedars.
His mouth is sweetness.
He is absolutely desirable.
This is my love, and this is my friend,
young women of Jerusalem.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Why is your lover better than all others,
O woman of rare beauty?
What makes your lover so special
that we must promise this?
My lover is dark and dazzling,
better than ten thousand others!
His head is finest gold,
his wavy hair is black as a raven.
His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.
His cheeks are like gardens of spices
giving off fragrance.
His lips are like lilies,
perfumed with myrrh.
His arms are like rounded bars of gold,
set with beryl.
His body is like bright ivory,
glowing with lapis lazuli.
His legs are like marble pillars
set in sockets of finest gold.
His posture is stately,
like the noble cedars of Lebanon.
His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is desirable in every way.
Such, O women of Jerusalem,
is my lover, my friend.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
How is your beloved better than another lover,
O most beautiful among women?
How is your beloved better than another lover,
that you adjure us thus?
My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
distinguished among ten thousand.
His head is gold, refined gold;
his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves beside springs of water,
bathed in milk, set like mounted jewels.
His cheeks are like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances;
his lips are lilies dripping liquid myrrh.
His arms are rods of gold engraved with jewels;
his belly is polished ivory covered with sapphires.
His legs are columns of alabaster, set on bases of gold;
his appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.
His mouth is sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved;
this is my friend, O young women of Jerusalem.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women?
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
My beloved is white and ruddy,
The chiefest among ten thousand.
His head is as the most fine gold,
His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,
Washed with milk, and fitly set.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers:
His lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl:
His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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