Song of Solomon 4:1
How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
- ASV
- Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
- DARBY
- Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
- BLB
- Behold, you [are] beautiful, my darling, behold, you [are] beautiful! Your eyes [are] doves behind your veil; your hair [is] like a flock of the goats streaming down from Mount Gilead.
- ÅB
- Hvor fager du er, min venninne, hvor fager du er! Dine øyne er duer bak ditt slør; ditt hår er som en flokk av geiter som leirer seg nedover Gilead-fjellet.
- OTB
- Hvor vakker du er, min kjæreste, Hvor virkelig vakker du er! Dine øyne ligner duer bak ditt slør; Ditt hår flyter som en flokk med geiter Som har kommet ned fra Gileads fjell.
- B1930
- Hvor fager du er, min venninne, hvor fager du er! Dine øine er duer bak ditt slør; ditt hår er som en hjord av gjeter som leirer sig nedover Gilead-fjellet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 6:5
Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:15
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:7
Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:14
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:5
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
Read in contextMicah 7:14
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:9–10
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
Read in contextPsalms 45:11
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
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