Song of Solomon 5:10

My friend is white and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9What is thy friend more than another's friend, O thou fairest of women? what is thy friend more than another's friend, that thus thou adjurest us?—

11His head is bright as the finest gold, his locks are like waving foliage, and black as a raven.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:31For not as our Rock is their rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

Psalms 45:2(45:3) Thou art more fair than the children of men; grace is poured out over thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

Song of Solomon 2:1I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.—

Isaiah 59:19And they shall fear from the west the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun his glory; for there shall come distress like the stream which the Spirit of the Lord urgeth forward.

Lamentations 4:7Her crowned princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more brilliant in body than pearls, more than the sapphire, their countenance:

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 →

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