Song of Solomon 1:15
Bride to Groom: Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
In Context
16Groom to Bride: The timbers of our houses are of cedar; our ceilings are of cypress.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:10Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.
Song of Solomon 4:1Groom to Bride: How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are those of a dove, except for what is hidden within. Your hair is like flocks of goats, which ascend along the mountain of Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4:10How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! Your breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments is above all aromatic oils.
Song of Solomon 5:12Bride: My beloved is white and ruddy, elect among thousands.
Song of Solomon 7:6Your head is like Carmel, and the hairs of your head are like the purple of the king, bound into pleats.
Malachi 2:14And you have said, “What is the reason for this?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised. Yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.
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 →