Song of Solomon 1:16
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
In Context
15See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.
17Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.
Cross References
Psalms 110:3Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
Song of Solomon 3:7See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,
Song of Solomon 5:13His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Philippians 3:8Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
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 →