Revised Literal Translation
Song of Songs 5:10-16
10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.1
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.2
12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.3
13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.4
14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.5
Notes
- 1. Song of Songs 5:10 the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer. ↩
- 2. Song of Songs 5:11 bushy: or, curled. ↩
- 3. Song of Songs 5:12 fitly…: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring. ↩
- 4. Song of Songs 5:13 sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes. ↩
- 5. Song of Songs 5:16 mouth: Heb. palate. ↩
Commentaries on Song of Songs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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