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.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:7
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:5
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Read in contextMicah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:9–10
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Read in contextPsalms 45:11
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
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