Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

How handsome you are, my beloved,
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

W How handsome you are, my love.
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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Behold, thou art fair
יפה 
Yapheh 
Usage: 41

my beloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

נעים 
Na`iym 
Usage: 13

ערשׂ 
`eres 
Usage: 10

References

Hastings

Verse Info

Context Readings

Mutual Admiration

15 (The Beloved) Behold, you are fair, my love. Behold, you are fair. You have doves' eyes. 16 How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Cross References

Song of Songs 2:3

(The Shulamite) Just like the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Psalm 45:2

You are the most handsome of men. You are an eloquent speaker. God has blessed you forever.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will volunteer in the day of your power. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew from the womb of the dawn (in the early morning).

Song of Songs 3:7

Behold it is Solomon's couch with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant of Israel.

Song of Songs 5:10-16

(The Shulamite) My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

Zechariah 9:17

How great is his goodness! How great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Philippians 3:8-9

I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may gain Christ.

Revelation 5:11-13

I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders. The number of them was ten thousand (myriads) times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.

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