Song of Solomon 5:10
8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
9 How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11 His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
- KJV
- My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
- WEB
- My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
- ASV
- My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
- DARBY
- My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
- BLB
- My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, distinguished above a myriad.
- ÅB
- Min elskede er hvit og rød, utmerket fremfor ti tusen.
- OTB
- Min elskede er strålende og rødlig, Enestående blant ti tusen.
- B1930
- Min elskede er hvit og rød, utmerket fremfor ti tusen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 45:2
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
Read in contextPsalms 45:17
I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:9–11
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Read in contextHebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Read in contextColossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:12
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
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