Song of Solomon 1:16
1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. my love: or, my companionBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
KJV
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
What does Song of Solomon 1:16 mean?
Song of Solomon 1:16 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָפֶה (yâpheh), דּוֹד (dôwd), נָעִים (nâʻîym). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Acts 28:27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 1:16.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. brought: Heb. nourished fair: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance
Jeremiah 11:16The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 5:9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Song of Solomon 6:1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Frequently asked questions
What does Song of Solomon 1:16 say?
Song of Solomon 1:16 (King James Version) reads: "Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green."
Is Song of Solomon 1:16 in the Old or New Testament?
Song of Solomon 1:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.
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