11 His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy[a](A)
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(B)
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.[b]
13 His cheeks(C) are like beds of spice,
towers of[c] perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:11 Or is [like] palm leaves; Hb obscure
  2. Song of Solomon 5:12 Lit milk sitting in fullness
  3. Song of Solomon 5:13 LXX, Vg read spice, yielding

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