Verse List for SNG 4:1

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B I ◄ ↨ Sng 4:1 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Wow, you’re beautiful, my darling. ⇔ Look, at you, so beautiful. ⇔ Your eyes are doves from behind your veil. ⇔ Your hair is like a flock of goats that hop down from the slopes of Gilead.

OET-LV here_you are_beautiful my _friend _of_my here_you are_beautiful eyes _of_your are_doves from_behind to_veil _of_your hair _of_your is_like _(the)_flock _of (the)_she-goats which_they _have _descended from_hill of _Gilˊād.

ULT Behold you! You are beautiful, my darling. ⇔ Behold you! You are beautiful. ⇔ Your eyes, are doves from behind your veil. ⇔ Your hair, is like a flock of goats that hop down from, the slopes of Gilead.

UST My dear one, you are beautiful, ⇔  you are very beautiful! ⇔  Beneath your veil, your eyes are as gentle and as beautiful as doves. ⇔ Your long black hair moves from side to side like a flock of black goats ⇔  moving down the slopes of Mount Gilead.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! ⇔ Oh, you are beautiful! ⇔ Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. ⇔ Your hair is like a flock of female goats ⇔ descending from Mount Gilead.

LSV Behold, you [are] beautiful, my friend, behold, you [are] beautiful,
Your eyes [are] doves behind your veil,
Your hair as a row of the goats that have shone from Mount Gilead,

FBV How beautiful you look, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair flows down like a flock of goats[fn] descending Mount Gilead.

T4T My darling, you are beautiful, ⇔  you are very beautiful! ⇔  Underneath your veil, your eyes are as gentle as [MET] doves. ⇔ Your long black hair moves from side to side like [SIM] a flock of black goats ⇔  moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.

LEB
• Oh my ![fn] You are beautiful, my beloved!
  • Oh my ![fn] You are beautiful!
• Your eyes are doves
  • from behind your veil.
• Your hair is like a flock of goats
  • that move down from the mountains of Gilead.

BBE 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.

Moff “Ah, you are fair, my dear, A so fair, ⇔  with dove-like eye ⇔  behind your veil! ⇔ Dark stream the tresses of your hair ⇔  like goats a-down the slopes of Gilead;

JPS 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 trail down from mount Gilead.

ASV 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.

DRA How beautiful art thou, my love, how beautiful art thou! thy eyes are doves’ eyes, besides what is hid within. Thy hair is as flocks of goats, which Come up from mount Galaad.

YLT 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,

Drby 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.

RV 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.
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my love; behold, thou/you art fair; thine/your eyes are as doves behind thy/your veil: thy/your hair is as a flock of goats, that lie along the side of mount Gilead.)

SLT Behold thee beautiful, my friend, behold thee beautiful; thine eyes doves from behind to thy veil: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from mount Gilead.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my love; behold, thou/you art fair; thou/you hast doves’ eyes within thy/your locks: thy/your hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Behold, thou art faire, my loue, behold thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes within thy lockes: thy haire is as a flocke of goats, that appeare from mount Gilead.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps O howe fayre art thou my loue, howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes, beside that which lyeth hid within: Thy heerie lockes are lyke the wooll of a flocke of goates that be shorne vpon mount Gilead.
(Oh how fair art thou/you my love, how fair art thou? thou/you hast doves eyes, beside that which lieth/lies hid within: Thy/Your hairy locks are like the wool of a flock of goats that be shorn upon mount Gilead.)

Gnva 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.
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my love: behold, thou/you art fair: thine/your eyes are like the doves: among thy/your locks thine/your hear is like the flock of goats, which look down from the mountain of Gilead.)

Cvdl O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes besyde that which lyeth hid within.
(Oh how fair art thou/you (my love) how fair art thou? thou/you hast doves eyes beside that which lieth/lies hid within.)

Wycl Mi frendesse, thou art ful fair; thin iyen ben of culueris, with outen that that is hid with ynne; thin heeris ben as the flockis of geete, that stieden fro the hil of Galaad.
(My friends, thou/you art full fair; thin eyes been of culver/pigeons/pigeons, without that that is hid within; thin hairs been as the flocks of geete, that stayed from the hill of Galaad.)

Luth Siehe, meine Freundin, du bist schön, siehe, schön bist du! Deine Augen sind wie Taubenaugen zwischen deinen Zöpfen. Dein Haar ist wie die Ziegenherden, die beschoren sind auf dem Berge Gilead.
(See/Look, my girlfriend, you(sg) are beautiful, see/look, beautiful are you(sg)! Your eyes are as/like pigeon_eyes between your(s) pigtails/braids. Your hair is as/like the goat_herds, the shaved are on/in/to to_him mountains/hills Gilead.)

ClVg [Sponsus Quam pulchra es, amica mea ! quam pulchra es ! Oculi tui columbarum, absque eo quod intrinsecus latet. Capilli tui sicut greges caprarum quæ ascenderunt de monte Galaad.[fn]
([The_spouse How beautiful you_are, girlfriend my ! how beautiful you_are ! The_eyes yours(sg) of_pigeons, without by_him that internally/inwards hides. Capilli yours(sg) like flocks goats which they_went_up from/about mountain Galaad.)

UHB הִנָּ֨⁠ךְ יָפָ֤ה רַעְיָתִ⁠י֙ הִנָּ֣⁠ךְ יָפָ֔ה עֵינַ֣יִ⁠ךְ יוֹנִ֔ים מִ⁠בַּ֖עַד לְ⁠צַמָּתֵ֑⁠ךְ שַׂעְרֵ⁠ךְ֙ כְּ⁠עֵ֣דֶר הָֽ⁠עִזִּ֔ים שֶׁ⁠גָּלְשׁ֖וּ מֵ⁠הַ֥ר גִּלְעָֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή· ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραὶ, ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου· τρίχωμά σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν αἰγῶν, αἳ ἀπεκαλύφθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαλαάδ.

BrTr Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.