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Song of Solomon 1:15

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

KJV

Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus ! Lectulus noster floridus.

Vulgate

Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή, ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή· ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραί.

LXX

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

ASV

הִנָּ֤/ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔/י הִנָּ֥/ךְ יָפָ֖ה עֵינַ֥יִ/ךְ יוֹנִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
pronoun · 10×
יְפֵ֥ה
yph
verb · 43×
יּוֹנָ֖ה
yvnh
noun · 33×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:2 — For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
  • Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Song 1:9 — I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
  • Song 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.
  • Song 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.
  • Song 4:7 — Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
  • Song 4:7 — Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
  • Song 4:9 — Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
  • Song 5:12 — His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
  • Song 5:12 — His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
  • Song 7:6 — How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!