Song of Solomon 5:10
My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
In Context
11His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For our God is not as their gods: our enemies themselves are judges.
Psalms 45:2My heart hath uttered a good word I speak my works to the king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
Isaiah 59:19And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory: when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:
Lamentations 4:7Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
Philippians 2:9For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:10-16
Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ. 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… Read the whole commentary →