KJV King James Version
My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
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Song of Solomon 5:10
My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
WEB World English Bible
My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
ASV American Standard Version
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My beloved is clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.
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 charge us?
10 My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.
13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
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Cross-references
Psalm 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.Psalm 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.Song of Solomon 2:1I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.Philippians 2:9-11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Romans 9:5Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Isaiah 10:18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
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