"My beloved {is} white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. {the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer}" — Song of Solomon 5:10

Song of Solomon 5:10 · KJV

“My beloved {is} white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. {the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer}”

— Song of Solomon 5:10

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?

Verse 11

His head {is as} the most fine gold, his locks {are} bushy, {and} black as a raven. {bushy: or, curled}

Song of Solomon 5 — Context

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I {am} sick of love. {that ye: Heb. what, etc}

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?

My beloved {is} white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. {the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer}

His head {is as} the most fine gold, his locks {are} bushy, {and} black as a raven. {bushy: or, curled}

His eyes {are} as {the eyes} of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, {and} fitly set. {fitly...: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring}

Cross References

Psalms 45:2

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Song of Solomon 2:1

I {am} the rose of Sharon, {and} the lily of the valleys.

Psalms 45:17

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Philippians 2:9-11

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

1 Samuel 16:12

And 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. {of a...: Heb. fair of eyes}

Hebrews 2:10

For 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.

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock {is} not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves {being} judges.

Hebrews 7:26

For such an high priest became us, {who is} holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;