Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as an army with banners.

King James Version

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Holman Bible

M You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.

International Standard Version

You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah, lovely like Jerusalem, as awesome as an army with banners.

A Conservative Version

Thou are fair, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, sublime as an army with banners.

American Standard Version

Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.

Amplified

(The Bridegroom)
“You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As majestic as an army with banners!

Bible in Basic English

You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

Darby Translation

Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:

Julia Smith Translation

Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners.

King James 2000

You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You [are] beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, {overwhelming as an army with banners}.

Modern King James verseion

O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as inspiring as an army with banners.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou art beautiful, O my love, even as loveliness itself; thou art fair as Jerusalem, glorious as an army of men with their banners.

NET Bible

The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!

New Heart English Bible

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

The Emphasized Bible

HEBeautiful, art thou, my fair one, as Tirzah, comely, as Jerusalem, - majestic as bannered hosts!

Webster

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

World English Bible

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

Youngs Literal Translation

Fair art thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
O my love
רעיה 
Ra`yah 
Usage: 9

as Tirzah
תּרצה 
Tirtsah 
Usage: 18

נאוה 
Na'veh 
Usage: 10

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

אים 
'ayom 
Usage: 3

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Praise Of His Beloved

3 I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies. 4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me-- Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

Cross References

Song of Songs 6:10

"Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?"

Psalm 48:2

beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

1 Kings 14:17

Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Numbers 24:5-9

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!

1 Kings 15:21

And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.

1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.

Psalm 144:4-8

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Song of Songs 1:5

I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Songs 1:15

Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

Song of Songs 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Song of Songs 4:7

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.

Song of Songs 5:2

I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

Ezekiel 16:13-14

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

Zechariah 12:3

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Ephesians 5:27

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Revelation 19:14-16

And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

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