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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, thou art fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
, my beloved
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
, yea, pleasant
na`iym (Hebrew #5273)
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: pleasant(-ure), sweet.
Pronounce: naw-eem'
Origin: from 5276
: also our bed
`eres (Hebrew #6210)
a couch (properly, with a canopy)
KJV usage: bed(-stead), couch.
Pronounce: eh'res
Origin: from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch
is green
ra`anan (Hebrew #7488)
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
KJV usage: green, flourishing.
Pronounce: rah-an-awn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be green
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Bed; Bedstead

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou art.
Song of Sol. 2:3• 3As the citron among the trees of the wood,{HR}So is my beloved among the sons.{HR}In his shadow I delighted and sat down,{HR}And his fruit [is] sweet to my taste. (Song of Sol. 2:3)
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Song of Sol. 5:10‑16• 10My beloved [is] white and ruddy,{HR}The chiefest among ten thousand.
 11His head [is] finest gold;{HR}His locks [are] flowing, black as the raven;
 12His eyes [are] like doves by the water brooks,{HR}Washed with milk, fitly set;
 13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, banks of sweet herbs;{HR}His lips, lilies dropping liquid myrrh;
 14His hands, gold rings set with beryl;{HR}His body [is] ivory work overlaid (with) sapphires;
 15His legs, pillars of marble, set on sockets of fine gold;{HR}His aspect, as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;
 16His mouth [is] most sweet;{HR}Yea he [is] altogether lovely.{HR}This [is] my beloved, yea this [is] my friend,{HR}O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:10‑16)
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Psa. 45:2• 2Thou hast been very fair above the sons of men;{HR}Grace hath been poured into thy lips;{HR}Therefore God hath blessed thee forever. (Psa. 45:2)
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Zech. 9:17• 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! {i}Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.{/i} (Zech. 9:17)
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Phil. 3:8‑9• 8But moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refuse that I may win Christ,
 9and be found in him, not having my righteousness that [is] of law, but that [which is] by faith of Christ, the righteousness of God on faith; (Phil. 3:8‑9)
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Rev. 5:11‑13• 11And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
 12saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that is slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
 13And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and [such as are] on the sea and all things in them heard I saying, To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb {i}be{/i} the blessing and the honour and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 5:11‑13)
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Song of Sol. 3:7• 7Behold his litter, Solomon's own:{HR}Threescore mighty men are about it,{HR}Of the mighty of Israel. (Song of Sol. 3:7)
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Psa. 110:3• 3Thy people offer themselves willingly{HR}In the day of thy power, in ornaments of holiness;{HR}From the womb of the dawn to thee [is] the dew of thy youth. (Psa. 110:3)
• The Bride. (Vss. 1:16-2:1). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• With great delight the bride at once responds, "Behold, Thou art fair, my Beloved." Her comeliness is the counterpart of his. Is Christ fair? So are His people. The beauty of the Lord God is upon us (Psa. 90:17). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• But she can add, "Yea, pleasant." Of others it may be said, many are "fair" that are not "pleasant," and some are pleasant that are not fair. Christ is not only fair to look upon, but He is wholly pleasant to engage the thoughts. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• "Our bed is green." The bed refers to the couch on which the King and the bride recline at the King's table, and gives the thought of rest. When Christ takes His place in the midst of His own there is found a green spot in this barren world. In His presence there is rest. But it is “our bed”, the rest is mutual. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea pleasant:{HR}Also our couch [is] green.