Song of Solomon 1:15
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
- KJV
- Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
- WEB
- Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
- ASV
- Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves.
- DARBY
- Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
- BLB
- Behold, you [are] beautiful, my darling, behold, you [are] beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
- ÅB
- Hvor fager du er, min venninne, hvor fager du er! Dine øyne er duer.
- OTB
- Hvor vakker du er, min kjære, Hvor vakker du er! Dine øyne ligner duer.
- B1930
- Hvor fager du er, min venninne, hvor fager du er! Dine øine er duer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:12
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Read in contextEphesians 1:17–18
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:2–3
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:4
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Read in contextMalachi 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
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