Song 5:9-16 | ESV | STEP | 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?

a ch. 1:8; 6:1

b[See ver. 8 above]

c[1 Sam. 16:12]

d[Ps. 45:2]

k[See ver. 5 above]

l Ex. 28:20; 39:13; Ezek. 1:16

n Ex. 24:10; Ezek. 1:26; 10:1

pSee 1 Kgs. 4:33

q[ch. 7:9]

s[See ver. 8 above]

Song of Solomon 5:9-16

Others

9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O ^amost beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus ^badjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ^cruddy,
^ddistinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
^ehis locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His ^feyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 His ^hcheeks are like ⁱbeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^jlilies,
dripping ^kliquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with ^ljewels.
His body is polished ivory, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
bedecked with ⁿsapphires. ^{▼▼Hebrew lapis lazuli}
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^pLebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His ^qmouth ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O ^sdaughters of Jerusalem.