Song of Solomon 1:15–17
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The Man
15Oh, my dear friend! You’re so beautiful!
And your eyes so beautiful—like doves!
The Woman
16–17And you, my dear lover—you’re so handsome!
And the bed we share is like a forest glen.
We enjoy a canopy of cedars
enclosed by cypresses, fragrant and green.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters are pine.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
How handsome you are, my love.
How delightful!
Our bed is verdant;
the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
How beautiful you are, my darling,
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
You are so handsome, my love,
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house,
and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Look! You are beautiful, my beloved.
Look! You are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
Look! You are beautiful, my beloved,
truly pleasant.
Truly our couch is verdant;
the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafter is cypress.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;
Thou hast doves’ eyes.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
Also our bed is green.
The beams of our house are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.
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