Song-of-solomon 1:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
Webster's Revision
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
World English Bible
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover
English Revised Version (ERV)
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green.
Definitions for Song-of-solomon 1:16
Clarke's Song-of-solomon 1:16 Bible Commentary
Also 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.
Wesley's Song-of-solomon 1:16 Bible Commentary
1:16 Behold - The church here again speaks, and retorts Christ's words; thou, and thou only art fair indeed. Pleasant - As thou art beautiful in thyself, so thou art amiable and pleasant in thy condescention to me.Bed - This seems to denote the place where the church enjoys sweet fellowship with Christ, by his spirit accompanying his ordinances.Green - Is pleasant, as that colour to the eye.
