Song of Solomon 1:15
Lo, thou art beautiful, my beloved: lo, thou art beautiful: thy eyes are those of a dove.—
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
In Context
14A copher-cluster is my friend unto me in the vineyards of 'En-gedi.—
16Lo, thou art beautiful, my friend, also pleasant: also our couch is [made in the] green [wood].
Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:10My friend commenced, and said unto me, Rise thee up, my beloved, my fair one, and come along.
Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou art beautiful, my beloved, behold, thou art beautiful: thy dovelike eyes [look forth] from behind thy vail; thy hair is like a flock of goats, that come quietly down from Mount Gil'ad.
Song of Solomon 4:10How beautiful are thy caresses, O my sister, [my] bride! how much more pleasant are thy caresses than wine! and the smell of thy fragrant oils more than all spices.
Song of Solomon 5:12His eyes are like [those of] doves by streamlets of waters, bathed in milk, well fitted in their setting.
Song of Solomon 7:6(7:7) How beautiful and how pleasant art thou, O love, in thy attractions!
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast indeed dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy 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 →