New American Standard Bible 2020

Song of Songs 5:10-16

10“My beloved is dazzling and 1 2reddish, 3Outstanding among ten thousand.11His head is like gold, pure gold; His 4locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.12His 5eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And perched in their 6setting.13His cheeks are like a 7bed of balsam, 8Banks of herbal spices; His lips are 9lilies 10Dripping with drops of myrrh.14His hands are rods of gold Set with 11topaz; His abdomen is panels of ivory Covered with 12 13sapphires.15His thighs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like 14Lebanon, Choice as the 15cedars.16His 16 17mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly 18desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, You daughters of Jerusalem.”

Read all of Song of Songs 5

Notes

1. Song of Songs 5:10 I.e., of reddish hair or skin ↩
2. Song of Songs 5:10 1 Sam 16:12 ↩
3. Song of Songs 5:10 Ps 45:2 ↩
4. Song of Songs 5:11 Song 5:2 ↩
5. Song of Songs 5:12 Song 1:15; 4:1 ↩
6. Song of Songs 5:12 Ex 25:7 ↩
7. Song of Songs 5:13 Song 6:2 ↩
8. Song of Songs 5:13 Lit Towers ↩
9. Song of Songs 5:13 Song 2:1 ↩
10. Song of Songs 5:13 Song 5:5 ↩
11. Song of Songs 5:14 Ex 28:20; 39:13; Ezek 1:16; Dan 10:6 ↩
12. Song of Songs 5:14 Lit lapis lazuli ↩
13. Song of Songs 5:14 Ex 24:10; 28:18; Job 28:16; Is 54:11 ↩
14. Song of Songs 5:15 Song 7:4 ↩
15. Song of Songs 5:15 1 Kin 4:33; Ps 80:10; Ezek 17:23; 31:8 ↩
16. Song of Songs 5:16 Lit palate ↩
17. Song of Songs 5:16 Song 7:9 ↩
18. Song of Songs 5:16 2 Sam 1:23 ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Song of Songs 5