Song of Songs 5:11-13

Christian Standard Bible

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

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Footnotes

5:11 Or is like palm leaves; Hb obscure
5:12 Lit milk sitting in fullness
5:13 LXX, Vg read spice, yielding

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