“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?”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Song of Solomon 5 contains 16 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.