KJV King James Version
The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.
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Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
WEB World English Bible
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
ASV American Standard Version
The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
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
Hebrews 11:10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.Psalm 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Song of Solomon 7:5Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.1 Peter 2:4-5To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,Ezekiel 41:16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows [were] covered;1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.Ezekiel 42:3Over against the twenty [cubits] which [were] for the inner court, and over against the pavement which [was] for the utter court, [was] gallery against gallery in three [stories].2 Chronicles 2:8-9Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants,1 Timothy 3:15-16But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.Song of Solomon 8:9If she [be] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [be] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
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