SNG 1:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ· ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραί.
(Idou ei kalaʸ haʸ plaʸsion mou, idou ei kalaʸ; ofthalmoi sou peristerai. )

BrTr Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.

ULT Behold you! You are beautiful, my darling.
⇔ Behold you—you are beautiful;
⇔ your eyes are doves.
⇔ 

UST My dear one, you are beautiful;
⇔ you are very beautiful!
⇔ Your eyes are as gentle and beautiful as doves.

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

OEB ⇔ O how fair you are, my love,
⇔ how fair, with dove-like eyes!

CSB How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves. Woman

NLT How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. Young Woman

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

CEV My darling, you are lovely, so very lovely--your eyes are those of a dove.

ESV Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

NASB “How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.”

LSB “Behold, you are beautiful, my darling, Behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.”

WEBBE Behold,[fn] you are beautiful, my love.
⇔ Behold, you are beautiful.
⇔ Your eyes are like doves.

1:15 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

MSG The Man
Oh, my dear friend! You’re so beautiful!
And your eyes so beautiful—like doves!

NET Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved!
⇔ Oh, how beautiful you are!
⇔ Your eyes are like doves!

LSV Behold, you [are] beautiful, my friend,
Behold, you [are] beautiful, your eyes [are] doves!

FBV Look at how very beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are as gentle as doves.

T4T You whom I love, you are beautiful;
⇔ you are very beautiful!
⇔ Your eyes are as delightful/charming as doves.

LEB • are beautiful, my beloved. Look! You are beautiful; • your eyes are doves.

NRSV Ah, you are beautiful, my love; ah, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

NKJV Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes.

NAB How beautiful you are, my friend, how beautiful! your eyes are doves!

BBE See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

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JPS Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.

ASV ⇔ Behold, thou art fair, my love;
⇔ Behold thou art fair;
⇔ Thine eyes are as doves.

DRA Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.

YLT Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves!

Drby Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.

RV Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.

Wbstr Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

KJB-1769 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.[fn]
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my love; behold, thou/you art fair; thou/you hast doves’ eyes. )

1.15 my love: or, my companion

KJB-1611 Behold, thou art faire, [fn]my loue: behold, thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes.
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my loue: behold, thou/you art fair, thou/you hast doves eyes.)

1:15 Or, my companion.

Bshps Oh howe fayre art thou my loue, Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes.
(Oh how fair art thou/you my loue, Oh how fair art thou? thou/you hast doves eyes.)

Gnva My welbeloued, beholde, thou art faire and pleasant: also our bed is greene:
(My welbeloued, behold, thou/you art fair and pleasant: also our bed is greene: )

Cvdl O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes.
(O how fair art thou/you (my loue) how fair art thou? thou/you hast doves eyes.)

Wycl Lo, my derling, thou art fair, and schapli; oure bed is fair as flouris.
(Lo, my derling, thou/you art fair, and schapli; our bed is fair as flouris.)

Luth Siehe, meine Freundin, du bist schön, schön bist du; deine Augen sind wie Taubenaugen.
(See, my Freundin, you are schön, schön are du; your Augen are like Taubenaugen.)

ClVg Sponsa Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus ! Lectulus noster floridus.[fn]
(Sponsa Behold you pulcher es, dilecte mi, and decorus ! Lectulus noster floridus. )

1.15 Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi et decorus. Audiens sponsa se per dilectionem sponsi meruisse, ut ab ipso sponso laudaretur, sponso vicem in laudibus tribuit: non quod ei, quod non habet, suo præconio largiatur, sed intelligens decorem ejus, per quem et ipsa decora facta est, ait: Ecce tu pulcher es, etc. Lectulus noster floridus. Aliquando Ecclesia quasi in lectulo cum sponso quiescit, tempore scilicet pacis, ubi Dei pulchritudinem liquidius aspicit, et prolem fidelium flore fidei redolentem, ex aqua et Spiritu sancto gignit. Aliquando cum sponso insurgente tentatione in acie consistit. Vel, lectulus, pusilli fideles, qui Deo sunt quies et magistris suis, per hoc, saltem, quod peccare mortaliter nolunt, qui florent initiis bonorum operum, per quod dant spem fructus, id est majorum operum. Quietam in sponso vitam agere volens quales domus sint, in quibus eum suscipere velit insinuat. Pax Ecclesiæ, virtutibus floret et spirituali prole multiplicatur.

1.15 Behold you pulcher es, dilecte my and decorus. Audiens sponsa se through dilectionem sponsi meruisse, as away ipso sponso laudaretur, sponso vicem in laudibus tribuit: not/no that ei, that not/no habet, his_own præconio largiatur, but intelligens decorem his, through which and herself decora facts it_is, he_said: Behold you pulcher es, etc. Lectulus noster floridus. Aliquando Ecclesia as_if in lectulo when/with sponso quiescit, tempore scilicet pacis, where of_God pulchritudinem liquidius aspicit, and prolem fidelium flore of_faith redolentem, from water and Spiritu sancto gignit. Aliquando when/with sponso insurgente tentatione in acie consistit. Vel, lectulus, pusilli fideles, who Deo are quies and magistris to_his_own, through hoc, saltem, that peccare mortaliter nolunt, who florent initiis bonorum operum, through that dant spem fructus, id it_is mayorum operum. Quietam in sponso life agere volens quales home sint, in to_whom him suscipere velit insinuat. Pax Ecclesiæ, virtutibus floret and spirituali prole multiplicatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנָּ֤⁠ךְ & הִנָּ֥⁠ךְ

how,you & how,you

The man is using the term Behold to focus the woman's attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “Look at you! … Look at you!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הִנָּ֤⁠ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔⁠י הִנָּ֥⁠ךְ יָפָ֖ה עֵינַ֥יִ⁠ךְ יוֹנִֽים

how,you beautiful darling,my how,you beautiful eyes,your doves

The man uses the phrase Behold you, beautiful two times for emphasis. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the phrases and provide emphasis in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Behold you, beautiful, my darling! Your eyes are doves”

רַעְיָתִ֔⁠י

darling,my

See how you translated the phrase “my darling” in 1:9

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֵינַ֥יִ⁠ךְ יוֹנִֽים

eyes,your doves

Here the man is speaking of the woman's eyes as if they were doves. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your eyes are like doves” or “your eyes are gentle and beautiful”

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