Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.

New American Standard Bible

“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters, cypresses.

King James Version

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Holman Bible

the beams of our house are cedars,
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.

Darby Translation

The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are 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!

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The beams
קרה קורה 
Qowrah 
Usage: 5

of our house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

ארז 
'erez 
Usage: 73

and our rafters
רחיטo 
R@chiyt 
Usage: 1

References

American

Fir

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Mutual Admiration

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

1 Kings 6:9

And he will build the house, and he will finish it; and cover the house with arches and rows with cedars.

2 Chronicles 2:8-9

And send to me cedar trees and cypresses, and algum trees from Lebanon: for I knew that thy servants are knowing to cut trees of Lebanon; and behold, my servants with thy servants,

Psalm 92:12

The just one shall flourish as the palm tree: he shall become great as the cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Songs 7:5

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, and the locks of thy head as purple; the King being bound in curls.

Song of Songs 8:9

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a fortress of silver: and if she is a door we will bind upon her a tablet of cedar.

Ezekiel 41:16

The thresholds, and the windows closed, and the offsets round about to their three ever against the threshold, a board of wood round about, round about, and the earth even to the windows, and the windows being covered.

Ezekiel 42:3

Over against the twenty which were for the inner enclosure, add over against the tesselated pavement which was to the court without, an offset to the face of an offset in threes.

1 Timothy 3:15-16

And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

Hebrews 11:10

For he awaited a city having foundations, whose artificer and maker is God.

1 Peter 2:4-5

To whom approaching, a living stone, truly disapproved of by men, and chosen by God, highly valued,

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