Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,
Topics
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Admiration
15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved 16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover 17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:3
As 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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalm 110:3
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
Song of Songs 3:7
Behold, it is Solomon's carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
Song of Songs 5:10-16
My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
Zechariah 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Philippians 3:8-9
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
Revelation 5:11-13
I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;