Protestantism
English
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.1
- the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer
My welbeloued is white and ruddie, the chiefest of ten thousand.
My beloved is white and ruddy, the most chief among ten thousand.
My beloved [is] white and ruddy; the standard-bearer among [the] ten thousands.
My beloved is radiant and ⌞ruddy⌟,1 distinguished ⌞among⌟2 ten thousand.
- Literally “red”
- Literally “more than”
My Beloved is bright and ruddy, standing out among ten thousand.
My Beloved is bright and ruddy, standing out among ten thousand.
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.1
- the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer.
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.1
- the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer
Catholicism
English
I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, announce to him that I languish through love.12
- 5:10The bride seeks the help of other women of the city, to find her beloved. She uses the masculine ‘dilectum,’ so this is the bride speaking about the groom. + The religious and clergy of the Church are bound by their vows to Christ. They are bound by their vows to pray to him about the distress of the faithful, who languish in love for God. The faithful seek the help of the religious and clergy in finding Christ in their lives.(Conte)
- 5:10My beloved, etc: In this and the following verses, the church mystically describes Christ to those who know him not, that is, to infidels in order to convert them to the true faith.(Challoner)