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15 [a](A)Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,
Behold, you are beautiful!
Your (B)eyes are like doves.”

16 [b]Behold, you are handsome, (C)my beloved,
Indeed, so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17 The beams of our houses are (D)cedars,
Our rafters, [c](E)cypresses.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 1:15 BRIDEGROOM
  2. Song of Songs 1:16 BRIDE
  3. Song of Songs 1:17 Or junipers

Mutual Admiration

15 Look! You are beautiful, my beloved.
    Look! You are beautiful;
        your eyes are doves.
16 Look! You are beautiful, my beloved,
    truly pleasant.
Truly our couch is verdant;[a]
17     the beams of our house are cedar;
        our rafter is cypress.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:16 Literally “green”

He

15 How beautiful(A) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.(B)

She

16 How handsome you are, my beloved!(C)
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.

He

17 The beams of our house are cedars;(D)
    our rafters are firs.

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