Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

What kind of beloved is your beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That thus you adjure us?”

King James 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 charge us?

Holman Bible

Y 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?

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?

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?

Amplified

(The Chorus)
“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?”

Bible in Basic English

What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

Darby Translation

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so charge us?

Julia Smith Translation

What is thy beloved above the beloved, O beautiful one among women? What thy beloved above the beloved, that thou didst thus adjure us?

King James 2000

What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{How is your beloved better than another lover}, O most beautiful among women? {How is your beloved better than another lover}, that you adjure us thus?

Modern King James verseion

What is your Beloved more than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What is your Beloved more than another beloved, that you adjure us so?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who is thy love above other lovers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy love do, more than other lovers, that thou chargest us so straightly?

NET Bible

The Maidens to The Beloved: 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 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?

The Emphasized Bible

DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEMWhat is thy beloved more than any other beloved, thou most beautiful among women? What is thy beloved more than any other beloved, that, thus, thou hast adjured us?

Webster

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? Beloved

Youngs 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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61
Usage: 61

O thou fairest
יפה 
Yapheh 
Usage: 41

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

that thou
כּכה 
Kakah 
thus, so, after, this, even so, in such a case
Usage: 37

שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am lovesick. 9 What kind of beloved is your beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That thus you adjure us?”
10 (The Shulamite) My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

Cross References

Song of Songs 1:8

(The Beloved) If you do not know, O you fairest among women, follow the footsteps of the flock. Feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Song of Songs 6:1

(Daughters of Jerusalem) Where has your beloved one gone, O you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned aside that we may seek him with you?

Psalm 45:13

The King's daughter is all glorious within. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

Psalm 87:3

Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God.

Song of Songs 6:9-10

My dove, my undefiled is the one. She is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her. The queens and the concubines praised her.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us desire him.

Matthew 16:13-17

Jesus traveled to parts of Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples: Who do men say that the Son of man is?

Matthew 21:10

When he came to Jerusalem, the people were excited. They asked: Who is this?

John 1:14

The Word [Jesus] became flesh (a human being) and lived with us. We saw the glory of the only begotten son from the Father. He was full of loving-kindness and truth.

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who perish.

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