Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Behold thee beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant: also our bed is green.
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.
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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Yapheh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Admiration
15 Behold thee fair, my friend; behold thee beautiful; thine eyes are doves'. 16 Behold thee beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:3
As the apple among the trees of the forest, so my beloved between the sons. In his shadow I delighted, and I sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
Psalm 45:2
Thou wert very beautiful above the sons of man: grace was poured forth by thy lips: for this God praised thee forever.
Psalm 110:3
Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.
Song of Songs 3:7
Behold his bed of Solomon: sixty strong ones round about it from the strong ones of Israel.
Song of Songs 5:10-16
My beloved is white and ruddy, bearing the standard of ten thousand.
Zechariah 9:17
For what his good, and what his beauty! Grain shall cause the young men to increase, and new wine the virgins.
Philippians 3:8-9
But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ,
Revelation 5:11-13
And I saw, and heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and their number was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands;