The Groom

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

The Bride

16 [c]How handsome you are, (C)my beloved,
And so delightful!
Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!
17 The beams of our house are (D)cedars,
Our rafters, (E)junipers.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:15 Lit Behold
  2. Song of Solomon 1:15 Lit Behold
  3. Song of Solomon 1:16 Lit Behold

The Lover

15 Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling.
    Look at you! You are so beautiful.
        Your eyes are doves.

The Loved One

16 Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely.
    How lush is our couch.
17 The beams of our house are cedar,[a]
    our rafters are pine.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:17 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book