Song of Songs 1:16

Song of Songs 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
• New International Version (NIV)How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green.

Context of Song of Songs 1:16

14He is like a group of henna flowers that grow in the vineyards at En Gedi. 15My dear friend, I see that you are very beautiful! Yes, you are beautiful and your eyes are like doves. My lover, I see that you are very handsome! Yes, you are lovely! This field of fresh, green grass is our comfortable bed. 17The cedar trees above us are the beams of our bedroom. The pine trees cover us like a roof.

Song of Songs 1:16 word by word

הִנְּךָ֨ יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• fairיָפֶהyâpheh · beautifulH3303
• my belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · belovedH1730
• yea, pleasantנָעִיםnâ‛îym · pleasantH5273
• also our bedעֶ֫רֶשׂ‛ereώ · bedH6210
• greenרַעֲנָןra‛ănân · luxuriantH7488

Commentaries on Song of Songs 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Also our bed is green - ערס eres, from its use in several places of the Hebrew Bible, generally signifies a mattress; and here probably a green bank is meant, on which they sat down, being now on a walk in the country. Or it may mean a bower in a garden, or the nuptial bed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The Bridegroom gives high praises of his spouse. In the sight of Christ believers are the excellent of the earth, fitted to be instruments for promoting his glory. The spiritual gifts and graces which Christ bestows on every true believer, are described by the ornaments then in use, Song 1:10,11. The graces of the saints are many, but there is dependence upon each other. He who is the Author, will be the Finisher of the good work. The grace…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The soft grass is our bed. The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs: The lovers imagine their luxurious surroundings of grass and overhanging trees as their house. She does not need the royal, palatial surroundings of a king because these God-created natural surroundings are more than enough for her and her true lover. In several poems, the countryside is a place of happy intimacy. The man and the woman make their bed outdoors and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Reply of the Bride. She presumes to call Him beloved, because He called her so first. Thou callest me "fair"; if I am so, it is not in myself; it is all from Thee (Psa 90:17); but Thou art fair in Thyself (Psa 45:2). pleasant--(Pr 3:17) towards Thy friends (2Sa 1:26). bed ... green--the couch of green grass on which the King and His bride sit to "rest at noon." Thus her prayer in So 1:7 is here granted; a green oasis in the desert, always found near…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 16Behold, you are comely, my beloved, yea pleasant The beauty is not mine, but yours; you are the comely one.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Draw
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Beloved
• Color; Colors

Commentaries on Song of Songs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary