Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.
New American Standard Bible
Our rafters,
King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Holman Bible
and our rafters are cypresses.
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International Standard Version
The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
A Conservative Version
The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are firs.
American Standard Version
The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.
Amplified
“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters and panels are cypresses.
Bible in Basic English
Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.
Julia Smith Translation
The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.
King James 2000
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Lexham Expanded Bible
the beams of our house [are] cedar; our rafter [is] cypress.
Modern King James verseion
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters are of fir.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the ceilings of our house are of Cedar tree, and our balks of Cypress.
NET Bible
the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom.
New Heart English Bible
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
The Emphasized Bible
The beams of our house, are cedars, Our fretted ceiling, is cypress-trees.
Webster
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
World English Bible
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved
Youngs Literal Translation
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Admiration
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.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:9
And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
2 Chronicles 2:8-9
Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Song of Songs 7:5
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by thy ringlets!
Song of Songs 8:9
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Ezekiel 41:16
The thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about the three of them (opposite the thresholds it was wainscoted with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered),
Ezekiel 42:3
over against the twenty cubits that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third story;
1 Timothy 3:15-16
but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
Hebrews 11:10
for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
1 Peter 2:4-5
To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,