Song of Solomon 1:16
Behold, thou are fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our couch is green.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
In Context
15Behold, thou are fair, my love, behold thou are fair. Thine eyes are doves.
17The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are firs.
Cross References
Psalms 110:3Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning thou have the dew of thy youth.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is the litter of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, banks of sweet herbs. His lips are lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Philippians 3:8But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:13-17
Conference between Christ and His Church. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. Here… Read the whole commentary →