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

15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
    behold, you are beautiful;
    your eyes are doves.
16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved,
    truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
17     the beams of our house are cedar,
    our rafters[a] are pine.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain