Song of Solomon 5:9

The Friends

8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love. 9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

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Berean Standard Bible
How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
American Standard Version (1901)
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?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Free Bible Version
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?
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ 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?
Translation for Translators
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?
Unlocked Literal Bible
How is your beloved better than another beloved man, most beautiful among women? Why is your beloved better than another beloved, that you ask us to take an oath like this? The woman speaking to the women of the city
Noah Webster Bible
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?
World English Bible
How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?
Young's Literal Translation
What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?