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OET-LV How_you[fn][fn] [are]_beautiful beloved_my also pleasant also couch_our [is]_luxuriant.
1:16 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.
1:16 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
UHB הִנְּךָ֨ יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃ ‡
(hinnəkā yāfeh dōdiy ʼaf nāˊiym ʼaf-ˊarsēnū raˊₐnānāh.)
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Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Behold you—you are handsome, my beloved, truly pleasant.
⇔ Indeed, our couch is leafy.
UST You who I love, you are very good looking,
⇔ you are delightful!
⇔ The green grass will be like a bed where we lie down.
BSB ⇔ How handsome you are, my beloved!
⇔ Oh, how delightful!
⇔ The soft grass is our bed.
OEB ⇔ (she says)
⇔ O how handsome you are, my beloved!
⇔ Green grass is our bed,
WEB Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant;
⇔ and our couch is verdant.
NET Oh, how handsome you are, my lover!
⇔ Oh, how delightful you are!
⇔ The lush foliage is our canopied bed;
LSV Behold, you [are] beautiful, my love, indeed, pleasant,
Indeed, our bed [is] green,
FBV And you, my love, are so handsome—how charming you are! The green grass is our bed,
T4T You who love me, you are very delightful/handsome,
⇔ you are wonderful!
⇔ This green grass will be like a couch where we lie down.
LEB • are beautiful, my beloved, truly pleasant. • Truly our couch is[fn]
?:? Literally “green”
BBE See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
MOF No MOF SNG book available
JPS Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.
ASV ⇔ Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
⇔ Also our couch is green.
DRA The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.
YLT Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green,
DBY Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.
RV Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green.
WBS Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.
KJB Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. )
BB O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres,
(O how fayre art thou/you my beloved, how well favoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres,)
GNV The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.
CB O how fayre art thou (my beloued) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures,
(O how fayre art thou/you (my beloved) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures,)
WYC The trees of oure housis ben of cedre; oure couplis ben of cipresse.
(The trees of our houses been of cedre; our couplis been of cipresse.)
LUT Siehe, mein Freund, du bist schön und lieblich. Unser Bett grünet.
(Siehe, my Freund, you bist schön and lieblich. Unser Bett grünet.)
CLV Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cypressina.][fn]
(Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cypressina.])
1.16 Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina. Domus variæ per mundum de gentibus Ecclesiæ; Tigna, quæ ad munitionem domus solent fieri, prædicatores, quorum verbo et exemplo structura Ecclesiæ, ne corruat, continetur. Laquearia, quæ ad decorem domus solent fieri, simpliciores famuli Christi, qui tignis adhærent et sustentantur, qui non doctrina, sed virtutibus ornant. Cypressina. Cypressus Græce dicitur, quod caput ejus a rotunditate in acumen erigitur: unde et turben dicitur, id est alta rotunditas, hinc et fructus cum conus dicitur: unde, Coniferæ cypressi.
1.16 Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina. Domus variæ per the_world about gentibus Ecclesiæ; Tigna, which to munitionem home solent fieri, prædicatores, quorum verbo and exemplo structura Ecclesiæ, ne corruat, is_contained. Laquearia, which to decorem home solent fieri, simpliciores famuli Christi, who tignis adhærent and sustentantur, who not/no doctrina, but virtutibus ornant. Cypressina. Cypressus Græce it_is_said, that caput his a rotunditate in acumen erigitur: whence and turben it_is_said, id it_is alta rotunditas, hinc and fructus when/with conus it_is_said: unde, Coniferæ cypressi.
BRN Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
BrLXX Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὸς ἀδελφιδός μου, καί γε ὡραῖος πρὸς κλίνῃ ἡμῶν σύσκιος·
(Idou ei kalos adelfidos mou, kai ge hōraios pros klinaʸ haʸmōn suskios; )
1:16-17 grass is our bed . . . branches are the beams . . . firs are the rafters: The lovers imagine that their luxurious surroundings of grass and overhanging trees are their house. She does not need the royal, palatial surroundings of a king since these God-created natural surroundings are more than enough for her and her true lover.
• In a number of the poems the countryside is the place of happy intimacy. The man and the woman make their bed in the great outdoors and enjoy each other’s company.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamation
הִנְּךָ֨
how,you
The woman is using the term Behold to focus attention on what she is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “Look at you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
הִנְּךָ֨ יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־ עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה
how,you handsome beloved,my also/though pleasant also/though couch,our verdant
If it would be more natural in your language you could either begin or end this verse with the phrase my beloved.
דוֹדִי֙
beloved,my
See how you translated the phrase my beloved in 1:13. Alternate translation: “my lover”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים
also/though pleasant
The woman is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If your readers might misunderstand this, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “you are truly pleasant”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ
couch,our
Here, couch does not refer to a literal couch but rather to the place where the couple would lie down in the forest. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “the place where we lie down is” or “the place we lie down on like a bed is”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
רַעֲנָנָֽה
verdant
Here, the word that the ULT translates as leafy refers to plants that are a green color. You could translate leafy in a general way such as “green” or if it would help your readers you could indicate specifically what vegetation the word leafy refers to. Here, leafy could refer to: (1) the grass that the couple laied down on. Alternate translation: “grass” (2) the branches above their meeting place in the forest. Alternate translation: “under the cover of branches” or “shaded by branches”