11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(A)
    honor(B) him, for he is your lord.(C)

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11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

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He

15 How beautiful(A) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.(B)

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15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

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He

How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil(A) are doves.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.(C)

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Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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You are altogether beautiful,(A) my darling;
    there is no flaw(B) in you.

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Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

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How beautiful(A) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(B)

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How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

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How beautiful on the mountains(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,(B)
who proclaim peace,(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”(D)

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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

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Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.(A) Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(B) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(C) For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God(D) used to adorn themselves.(E) They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.(F) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

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Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

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