Song of Songs 5:10-11
Song of Songs 5:10-16 The Message (MSG)
My dear lover glows with health— red-blooded, radiant! He’s one in a million. There’s no one quite like him! My golden one, pure and untarnished, with raven black curls tumbling across his shoulders. His eyes are like doves, soft and bright, but deep-set, brimming with meaning, like wells of water. His face is rugged, his beard smells like sage, His voice, his words, warm and reassuring. Fine muscles ripple beneath his skin, quiet and beautiful. His torso is the work of a sculptor, hard and smooth as ivory. He stands tall, like a cedar, strong and deep-rooted, A rugged mountain of a man, aromatic with wood and stone. His words are kisses, his kisses words. Everything about him delights me, thrills me through and through! That’s my lover, that’s my man, dear Jerusalem sisters.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 King James Version (KJV)
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, And black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 New Century Version (NCV)
My lover is healthy and tan, the best of ten thousand men. His head is like the finest gold; his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 American Standard Version (ASV)
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand. His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 New King James Version (NKJV)
My beloved is white and ruddy, Chief among ten thousand. His head is like the finest gold; His locks are wavy, And black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶“My beloved is exquisitely handsome and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. [Ps 45:2; John 1:14] “His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold; His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 New Living Translation (NLT)
My lover is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand others! His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:10-11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
He alone is my beloved. He shines in dazzling splendor yet is still so approachable— without equal as he stands above all others, outstanding among ten thousand! The way he leads me is divine. His leadership—so pure and dignified as he wears his crown of gold. Upon this crown are letters of black written on a background of glory.