KJV King James Version
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes.
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Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
12 While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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 4:1Behold, 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.Song of Solomon 5:12His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.Song of Solomon 4:7Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.Ephesians 1:17-18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:2 Corinthians 11:2-3For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.Song of Solomon 4:10How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!Song of Solomon 1:8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.Song of Solomon 7:6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!Song of Solomon 2:13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.Song of Solomon 6:4Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.
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