Verse List for SNG 5:9

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yerushalem's young women (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Most beautiful among women, how is your dearest better than another darling? ⇔ What is your dearest more than another, that you adjure us like that?

OET-LV How_is lover _of_your more_than _a _lover Oh_beautiful_one among_women how lover _of_is_your more_than _a _lover (cmp)_thus you_have _adjured _us.

ULT What, is your beloved more than, another beloved, ⇔ most beautiful among women? ⇔ What, is your beloved more than, another beloved, ⇔ that thus you adjure us?

UST You who are the most beautiful of all the women, ⇔  why do you think that the man you love is better than other men? ⇔ In what way is he better than other men ⇔  that would cause you to want us to solemnly promise that we will tell him that?

BSB & MSB How [is] your beloved better than [others], ⇔  O most beautiful among women? ⇔ How [is] your beloved better than another, ⇔  that you charge us so?

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB How is your beloved better than another beloved, ⇔  you fairest amongst women? ⇔ How is your beloved better than another beloved, ⇔ that you do so adjure us?

NET Why is your beloved better than others, ⇔ O most beautiful of women? ⇔ Why is your beloved better than others, ⇔ that you would command us in this manner?

LSV What [is] your beloved above [any] beloved,
O beautiful among women? What [is] your beloved above [any] beloved,
That thus you have adjured us?

FBV Why is the one you love better than any other, most beautiful of women? In what way is the one you love better than any other that we should promise you that?

T4T You who are the ◄fairest/most beautiful► among women, ⇔  why do you think that the one who loves you is better than other men? ⇔ In what way is the man who loves you better than other men ⇔  with the result that you ask us to tell him that?

LEB
• How is your beloved better than another lover ,[fn]
• O most beautiful among women?
• How is your beloved better than another lover ,[fn]
• that you adjure us thus?

BBE What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

Moff “And what is your darling more than another, ⇔  O fairest of women? ⇔ What is your darling above all others, ⇔  that you charge us thus?”

JPS '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 adjure us?'

ASV ⇔  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 adjure us?

DRA What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured us?

YLT What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

Drby What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?

RV 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 adjure us?
(What is thy/your beloved more than another beloved, Oh thou/you fairest among women? what is thy/your beloved more than another beloved, that thou/you dost/do so adjure us?)

SLT What is thy beloved above the beloved, O beautiful one among women? What thy beloved above the beloved, that thou didst thus adjure us?

Wbstr 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?

KJB-1769 ¶ 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?
(¶ What is thy/your beloved more than another beloved, Oh thou/you fairest among women? what is thy/your beloved more than another beloved, that thou/you dost/do so charge us?)

KJB-1611 ¶ What is thy beloued more then another beloued, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloued more then another beloued, that thou doest so charge vs?
(¶ What is thy/your beloved more then another beloved, Oh thou/you fairest among women? what is thy/your beloved more then another beloved, that thou/you dost/do so charge us?)

Bshps What maner of man is thy loue aboue other louers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy loue do more then other louers, that thou chargest vs so straytly?
(What manner of man is thy/your love above other lovers, Oh thou/you fairest among women? Or what can thy/your love do more then other lovers, that thou/you chargest us so straitly?)

Gnva O the fairest among women, what is thy welbeloued more then other welbeloued? what is thy welbeloued more then another louer, that thou doest so charge vs?
(Oh the fairest among women, what is thy/your well-beloved more then other well-beloved? what is thy/your well-beloved more then another lover, that thou/you dost/do so charge us?)

Cvdl Who is thy loue aboue other louers, O thou fayrest amonge wemen? Or, what can thy loue do, more then other louers, that thou chargest vs so straitly?
(Who is thy/your love above other lovers, Oh thou/you fairest among women? Or, what can thy/your love do, more then other lovers, that thou/you chargest us so straitly?)

Wycl A! thou faireste of wymmen, of what manner condicioun is thi derlyng `of the louede? of what manner condicioun is thi derling of a derling? for thou hast bisouyt vs bi an hooli thing.
(A! thou/you fairest of women, of what manner condition is thy/your darling of the loved? of what manner condition is thy/your darling of a darling? for thou/you hast bisouyt us by an holy thing.)

Luth Was ist dein Freund vor andern Freunden, o du Schönste unter den Weibern? Was ist dein Freund vor andern Freunden, daß du uns so beschworen hast?
(What is your(s) friend before/in_front_of change friends, o you(sg) most_beautiful_(one) under the women? What is your(s) friend before/in_front_of change friends, that you(sg) us/to_us/ourselves so summoned have?)

ClVg Chorus Qualis est dilectus tuus ex dilecto, o pulcherrima mulierum? qualis est dilectus tuus ex dilecto, quia sic adjurasti nos?[fn]
(Chorus As it_is beloved your(sg) from beloved, o most_beautiful of_women? such_as it_is beloved your(sg) from beloved, because so you_have_sworn/promised us?)

UHB מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣⁠ךְ מִ⁠דּ֔וֹד הַ⁠יָּפָ֖ה בַּ⁠נָּשִׁ֑ים מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣⁠ךְ מִ⁠דּ֔וֹד שֶׁ⁠כָּ֖כָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽ⁠נוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξί; τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ὅτι οὕτως ὥρκισας ἡμᾶς;

BrTr What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?