Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.

King James Version

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Holman Bible

M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Behind your veil,
your eyes are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down Mount Gilead.

International Standard Version

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

American Standard Version

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Amplified

(The Bridegroom)“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,
How very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

Bible in Basic English

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Darby Translation

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold thee beautiful, my friend, behold thee beautiful; thine eyes doves' from behind to thy veil: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from mount Gilead.

King James 2000

Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes behind your veil: your hair is like a flock of goats, going down from mount Gilead.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Oh my}! You [are] beautiful, my beloved! {Oh my}! You [are] beautiful! Your eyes [are] doves from behind your veil. Your hair [is] like a flock of goats that move down from the mountains of Gilead.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, you are beautiful, My love. Behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are like doves' from behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O how fair art thou, my love, how fair art thou? Thou hast doves' eyes, beside that which lieth hid within. Thy hairy locks are like the wool of a flock of goats that be shorn on Mount Gilead.

NET Bible

The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

The Emphasized Bible

HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

Webster

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

World English Bible

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Interlinear

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

my love
רעיה 
Ra`yah 
Usage: 9

behold, thou art fair
יפה 
Yapheh 
Usage: 41

thou hast doves'
יונה 
Yownah 
Usage: 31

בּעד 
B@`ad 
at, for, by, over, upon, about, up, through
Usage: 104

צמּה 
Tsammah 
Usage: 4

שׂער שׂער 
Se`ar 
Usage: 28

is as a flock
עדר 
`eder 
Usage: 39

of goats
עז 
`ez 
goat, kid , kid, he, kids
Usage: 73

גּלשׁ 
Galash 
Usage: 2

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

References

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Context Readings

Groom's Praise Of His Bride

1 How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; of which every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.


Cross References

Song of Songs 1:15

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

Song of Songs 6:5

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me; thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Song of Songs 6:7

As slices of pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

Song of Songs 7:5

Thine head upon thee is like scarlet, and the hair of thine head like the purple of the king hung in the galleries.

Micah 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell only in the mountain, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the time of old.

Numbers 32:1

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock, and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, it seemed unto them that the place was a place for livestock.

Numbers 32:40

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

Psalm 45:11

so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; and bow before him, for he is thy Lord.

Song of Songs 2:10

My beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Songs 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is beautiful.

Song of Songs 4:9-10

Thou hast taken hold of my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast imprisoned my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Song of Songs 5:11-12

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy and black as a raven.

Ezekiel 16:14

And thy renown went forth among the Gentiles for thy beauty; for it was perfect because of my beauty which I placed upon thee, said the Lord GOD.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Therefore we all, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord with uncovered face, are transformed from glory to glory into the same likeness, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Philippians 2:3-5

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in humility let each esteem others better than themselves,

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