Song of Solomon 5 · Verse 9

Song of Solomon 5:9

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?
Song of Solomon 5:9, King James Version

Song of Solomon 5:9 in other translations

BSBHow is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
WEBHow 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?
ASVWhat 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?
YLTWhat is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?
DARBYWhat 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?
BBEWhat 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?
WebsterWhat 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?

What does Song of Solomon 5:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Her own beauty (Eze 16:14), and lovesickness for Him, elicit now their enquiry (Mt 5:16); heretofore "other lords besides Him had dominion over them"; thus they had seen "no beauty in Him" (Is 26:13; 53:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved - This question gives the bride an opportunity to break out into a highly wrought description of the beauty and perfections of her spouse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 5:9-16
Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin to inquire concerning Christ and his perfections. Christians, who are well acquainted with Christ themselves, should do all they can to make others know something of him. Divine glory makes him truly lovely in the eyes of all who are enlightened to discern spiritual things. He is white in the spotless innocence of his life, ruddy in the bleeding sufferings he went through at his death. This description of the person of the Beloved, would form, in the figurative language of those times, a portrait of beauty of person and of grace of manners; but the aptness of some of the allusions may not appear to us. He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all that believe. May his love constrain us to live to his glory.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Song of Solomon 5:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַה\־mah-how [is]?H4100
דּוֹדֵ֣ךְdo.Dekhlover yourH1730
מִדּ֔וֹדmi.Dodmore than a loverH1730
הַיָּפָ֖הhai.ya.FahO beautiful [one]H3303
בַּנָּשִׁ֑יםba.na.Shimamong <the> womenH802
מַה\־mah-how?H4100
דּוֹדֵ֣ךְdo.Dekh[is] lover yourH1730
מִדּ֔וֹדmi.Dodmore than a loverH1730
שֶׁכָּ֖כָהshe.Ka.khahthat thusH3602
הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ\׃hish.ba'.Ta.nuyou have adjured usH7650

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Song of Solomon 5:9

  • Song of Solomon 6:1

    Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

  • 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 6:9-10

    My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

  • Psalms 45:13

    The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

  • 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 Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. …

  • Psalms 87:3

    Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Matthew 21:10

    And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What is.
Isa 53:2; Mt 16:13-17; 21:10; Joh 1:14; 2Co 4:3-6
O thou.
1:8; 6:1,9,10; Ps 45:13; 87:3

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 5:8

    I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

  • Song of Solomon 5:9

    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?

  • Song of Solomon 5:10

    My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

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Song of Solomon 5:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Qué es tu amado más que otro amado, oh la más hermosa de todas las mujeres? ¿qué es tu amado más que otro amado, que así nos conjuras?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ton bien-aimé qu’est-il de plus qu’un autre bien-aimé, ô la plus belle parmi les femmes? Ton bien-aimé qu’est-il de plus qu’un autre bien-aimé, que tu nous adjures ainsi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Was ist dein Geliebter vor einem anderen Geliebten, du Schönste unter den Frauen? Was ist dein Geliebter vor einem anderen Geliebten, daß du uns also beschwörst? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qualis est dilectus tuus ex dilecto, o pulcherrima mulierum? qualis est dilectus tuus ex dilecto, quia sic adjurasti nos?