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Song of Songs 1:16-17
New International Reader's Version
Song of Songs 1:16-17
New International Reader's Version
The woman says
16 “You are so handsome, my love!
So charming!
The green field is our bed.”
The king says
17 “Cedar trees above us are the beams of our house.
Fir trees overhead are its rafters.”
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
New King James Version
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
New King James Version
The Shulamite
16 Behold, you are (A)handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our [a]bed is green.
17 The beams of our houses are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:16 couch
Song of Songs 1:16-17
New International Version
Song of Songs 1:16-17
New International Version
She
16 How handsome you are, my beloved!(A)
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
He
17 The beams of our house are cedars;(B)
our rafters are firs.
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
English Standard Version
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
English Standard Version
She
16 Behold, you are beautiful, (A)my beloved, truly (B)delightful.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house are (C)cedar;
our rafters are (D)pine.
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
King James Version
Song of Solomon 1:16-17
King James Version
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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