Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us? New 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? Young Woman English 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? Berean Standard Bible How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so? King James Bible 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? New King James Version What is your beloved More than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved More than another beloved, That you so charge us? New American Standard Bible “What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That you make us swear in this way?” NASB 1995 “What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?” NASB 1977 “<,>What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?” Legacy Standard Bible “What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved, That thus you call us to solemnly swear?” Amplified Bible “What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, That you should so command us to take an oath?” Christian 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? Woman Holman Christian 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? W American Standard 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 adjure us? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who is your beloved more than a beloved, beautiful among women? Who is your beloved more than a beloved, beautiful among women? Who is your beloved more than a beloved, that thus you have charged us? Brenton Septuagint Translation What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged us? Contemporary English Version Most beautiful of women, why is the one you love more special than others? Why do you ask us to tell him how you feel? Douay-Rheims Bible What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured us? English Revised 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 adjure us? GOD'S WORD® Translation Most beautiful of women, what makes your beloved better than any other beloved? What makes your beloved better than any other beloved that you make us swear this way? Good News Translation Most beautiful of women, is your lover different from everyone else? What is there so wonderful about him that we should give you our promise? International Standard Version What is so special about your beloved, most beautiful of women? What is so special about your beloved, that you charge us like this? JPS Tanakh 1917 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 adjure us?' Literal Standard Version What [is] your beloved above [any] beloved, | O beautiful among women? What [is] your beloved above [any] beloved, | That thus you have adjured us? Majority Standard Bible How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so? New American Bible How does your lover differ from any other lover, most beautiful among women? How does your lover differ from any other, that you adjure us so? NET Bible Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner? New Revised Standard Version What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us? New Heart English Bible How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Webster's Bible Translation 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? World English Bible How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Young's Literal Translation What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us? Additional Translations ... Context The Bride and Her Beloved…8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love. 9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so? 10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.… Cross References Song of Solomon 1:8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. Song of Solomon 2:7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. Song of Solomon 6:1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you. Treasury of Scripture What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us? what is Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Matthew 16:13-17 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? … Matthew 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? o thou Song of Solomon 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. Song of Solomon 6:1,9,10 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee… Psalm 45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. Jump to Previous Adjure Adjured Beautiful Beloved Better Charge Fair Fairest Kind Loved Others WomenJump to Next Adjure Adjured Beautiful Beloved Better Charge Fair Fairest Kind Loved Others WomenSong of Solomon 5 1. Christ awakes the church with his calling2. The church having a taste of Christ's love is sick of love 9. A description of Christ by his graces (9) What is thy beloved?--This question, introducing the description of the bridegroom's person, raises almost into certainty the conjecture that the poem was actually sung, or presented as an epithalamium, by alternate choirs (or single voices) of maidens and young men, as in the Carmen Nuptiale of Catullus, vying the one in praise of the bridegroom, the other of the bride. Mere love-poems contain descriptions of the charms of the fair one to whom they are addressed, but not of the poet himself.Verse 9. - 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 adjure us? This, of course, is poetic artifice in order to give the opportunity to the bride to enter upon a glowing description of the object of her love. She wishes to say that he is perfect, everything that he can be. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Howמַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what [is] your beloved דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ (dō·w·ḏêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle better than [others], מִדּ֔וֹד (mid·dō·wḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle O most beautiful הַיָּפָ֖ה (hay·yā·p̄āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful among women? בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים (ban·nā·šîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female How מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what [is] your beloved דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ (dō·w·ḏêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle better than another, מִדּ֔וֹד (mid·dō·wḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle that you שֶׁכָּ֖כָה (šek·kā·ḵāh) Pronoun - relative | Adverb Strong's 3602: Just so charge us so? הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃ (hiš·ba‘·tā·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common plural Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear Links Song of Solomon 5:9 NIVSong of Solomon 5:9 NLT Song of Solomon 5:9 ESV Song of Solomon 5:9 NASB Song of Solomon 5:9 KJV Song of Solomon 5:9 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 5:9 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 5:9 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 5:9 French Bible Song of Solomon 5:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 5:9 How is your beloved better than another (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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