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, thou art fair, my love;
Behold thou art fair;
[a]Thine eyes are as doves.

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
Also our couch is green.
17 The beams of our [b]house are [c]cedars,
And our rafters are [d]firs.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:15 Or, Thou hast doves’ eyes
  2. Song of Solomon 1:17 Or, houses
  3. Song of Solomon 1:17 Or, of cedar . . . of fir
  4. Song of Solomon 1:17 Or, cypresses