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Song of Solomon 1:15

1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. camphire: or, cypress
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. my love: or, my companion

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Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves’ eyes.

1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

What does Song of Solomon 1:15 mean?

Song of Solomon 1:15 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָפֶה (yâpheh), רַעְיָה (raʻyâh), יוֹנָה (yôwnâh). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Behold,
thou
art
fair,יָפֶהyâpheh/yaw-feh'/H3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)
my
love;רַעְיָהraʻyâh/rah-yaw'/H7474a female associate
behold,
thou
art
fair;יָפֶהyâpheh/yaw-feh'/H3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)
thou
hast
doves'יוֹנָהyôwnâh/yo-naw'/H3123a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
eyes.עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
my
love:
or,
my
companion

Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:15

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 1:15
recovered from my wanderings." God often makes use of afflictions as a means to reduce those to himself who have wandered from him. Sanctified afflictions humble us for sin and show us the vanity of the world; they soften the heart, and open the ear to discipline. The prodigal's distress brought him to himself first and then to his father. 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Here, 1. David praises God's goodness and gives him the glory of it: Thou art good and doest good. All who have any knowledge of God and dealings with him wilt own that he does good, and therefore will conclude that he is good. The streams of God's goodness are so numerous, and run so full, so strong, to all the creatures, that we must conclude the fountain that is in himself to be inexhaustible. We cannot conceive how much good our God does every day, much less can we conceive how good he is. Let us acknowledge it with admiration and with holy love and thankfulness. 2. He prays for God's grace, and begs to be under the guidance and influence of it: Teach me thy statutes. "Lord, thou doest good to all, art the bountiful benefactor of all the creatures; this is the good I beg thou wilt do to me,—Instruct me in my duty, incline me to it, and enable me t

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 13:4

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Jeremiah 43:2

Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

Jeremiah 43:3

But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. falsely: Gr. lying

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Acts 24:5

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Acts 24:13

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

James 1:8

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 1:15.

Song of Solomon 4:1

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. that: or, that eat of, etc

Song of Solomon 2:10

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 4:7

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

Song of Solomon 6:4

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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What does Song of Solomon 1:15 say?

Song of Solomon 1:15 (King James Version) reads: "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. my love: or, my companion"

Is Song of Solomon 1:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 1:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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