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I tell you, women of Jerusalem,
    if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.[a]

The Women of Jerusalem Answer Her

Beautiful woman,
    how is your lover different from other lovers?
Is your lover better than other lovers?
    Is that why you ask us to make this promise?

She Answers the Women of Jerusalem

10 My lover is tanned and radiant.
    He would stand out among 10,000 men.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:8 I am weak with love Or “I am lovesick.”

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)
    if you find my beloved,(B)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.(C)

Friends

How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?(D)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.(E)

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