Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters are pine.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
Also our bed is green.
17 The beams of our house are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.
1 I am the rose of Sharon,
And the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 You are so handsome, my love,
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
17 fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house,
and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
1 I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain,
the lily of the valley.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 Behold, you are handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our bed is green.
17 The beams of our houses are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.
1 I am the rose of Sharon,
And the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 You are so handsome, my lover,
and so pleasant!
Our bed is the grass.
17 Cedar trees form our roof;
our ceiling is made of juniper wood.
1 I am a rose in the Plain of Sharon,
a lily in the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
Also our couch is green.
17 The beams of our house are cedars,
And our rafters are firs.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
A lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.
1 I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, so pleasing to me!
The leaf-scattered ground will be our couch.
17 The cedars will be the walls of our house.
The cypress trees will be our rafters.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily ⸤growing⸥ in the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 How handsome you are, my love.
How delightful!
Our bed is lush with foliage;
17 the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house are cedar,
our rafters are pine.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 Look! You are beautiful, my beloved,
truly pleasant.
Truly our couch is verdant;
17 the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafter is cypress.
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 “You are so handsome, my love!
So charming!
The green field is our bed.
17 Cedar trees above us are the beams of our house.
Fir trees overhead are its rafters.
1 “I am like a rose on the coast of Sharon.
I’m like a lily in the valleys.”
The king says,