Song of Solomon 1:17 “The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.”

Song of Solomon 1:17

The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

World English Bible

The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

American Standard Version

The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.

Geneva Bible 1599

Not included in this translation.

Darby Translation

The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.

Young's Literal Translation

The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

Bible in Basic English

Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.

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Cross references

“beams”

Hebrews 11:10 Psalm 92:12 Song of Solomon 8:9 2 Chronicles 2:8 2 Chronicles 2:9 1 Timothy 3:15

Hebrews 11:10 · BSB

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Psalm 92:12 · BSB

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 8:9 · BSB

If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

2 Chronicles 2:8 · BSB

Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours

2 Chronicles 2:9 · BSB

to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

1 Timothy 3:15 · BSB

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

“rafters”

Song of Solomon 7:5 Ezekiel 41:16 Ezekiel 42:3

Song of Solomon 7:5 · BSB

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Ezekiel 41:16 · BSB

as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and t…

Ezekiel 42:3 · BSB

Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

Also

1 Kings 6:9

1 Kings 6:9 · BSB

So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

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