Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Holman Bible
How delightful!
Our bed is lush with foliage;
International Standard Version
Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch.
A Conservative Version
Behold, thou are fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our couch is green.
American Standard Version
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“Behold, how fair and handsome you are, my beloved;
And so delightful!
Our arbor is green and luxuriant.
Bible in Basic English
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
Darby Translation
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold thee beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant: also our bed is green.
King James 2000
Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! You [are] beautiful, my beloved, truly pleasant. Truly our couch [is] {verdant};
Modern King James verseion
Behold, you are beautiful, my Beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our bed is green.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how fair art thou, my beloved, how well favored art thou? Our bed is decked with flowers,
NET Bible
The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;
New Heart English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
The Emphasized Bible
SHELo! thou art beautiful, my beloved, Yea delightful! BOTHYea! our couch, is covered with leaves:
Webster
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
World English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,
Topics
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Admiration
15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
16
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wild, so is my beloved among the sons. I desired to sit under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Psalm 45:2
Thou art fairer than the sons of men, grace is poured into thy lips; therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
Psalm 110:3
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee.
Song of Songs 3:7
Behold it is the bed of Solomon; sixty valiant men are about it of the valiant of Israel.
Song of Songs 5:10-16
My beloved is white and ruddy; the standard-bearer among the ten thousands.
Zechariah 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! The wheat shall make the young men cheerful, and the wine the maids.
Philippians 3:8-9
And doubtless I even count all things as loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ
Revelation 5:11-13
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and of the animals and of the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;