“All these elements constituting the bridegroom's beauty are made known for our benefit but do not show his invisible, incomprehensible beauty.…Therefore, whoever looks at the visible world and understands the wisdom that has been made manifest by the beauty of creatures can make an analogy from the visible to invisibl…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS 13
Original
10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
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Kids
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In context
8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
9What 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?
— Song of Solomon 5:10 —
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.