KJV King James Version
Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.
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Song of Solomon 1:16
Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
15 Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes.
16 Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.
17 The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.
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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 2:3As 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 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.Zechariah 9:17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.Philippians 3:8-9Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,Song of Solomon 5:10-16My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.Song of Solomon 3:7Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon’s; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.Revelation 5:11-13And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Psalm 110:3Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
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