Song of Solomon 4:1 “How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are l…”

Song of Solomon 4:1

How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

World English Bible

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

American Standard Version

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues: among thy lockes thine heare is like the flocke of goates, which looke downe from the mountaine of Gilead.

Darby Translation

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Bible in Basic English

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

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Cross references

“thou art fair, my”

Song of Solomon 1:15 Song of Solomon 2:14 Song of Solomon 2:10 Psalm 45:11 Ezekiel 16:14 2 Corinthians 3:18

Song of Solomon 1:15 · BSB

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14 · BSB

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

Song of Solomon 2:10 · BSB

My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

Psalm 45:11 · BSB

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Ezekiel 16:14 · BSB

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

2 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

“thou hast”

Matthew 11:29 Philippians 2:3–5 Song of Solomon 5:12

Matthew 11:29 · BSB

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Philippians 2:3–5 · BSB

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Song of Solomon 5:12 · BSB

His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.

“thy hair”

Song of Solomon 6:5 Song of Solomon 6:7 Song of Solomon 7:5 Song of Solomon 5:11

Song of Solomon 6:5 · BSB

Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

Song of Solomon 6:7 · BSB

Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

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.

Song of Solomon 5:11 · BSB

His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

“mount”

Numbers 32:1 Numbers 32:40

Numbers 32:1 · BSB

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

Numbers 32:40 · BSB

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Also

Micah 7:14

Micah 7:14 · BSB

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

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

In context

2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

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