SNG 1:16 Parallel Verse View

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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.

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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).

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; )

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,

WEBBE Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant;
⇔ and our couch is verdant.

WMBB (Same as above)

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]

1:? Literally “green”

BBE See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.

Moff No Moff 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,

Drby 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.

Wbstr Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.

KJB-1769 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. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Behold, thou art faire, my beloued; yea pleasant: also our bedde is greene.
(Behold, thou/you art fair, my beloved; yea pleasant: also our bed is greene.)

1:16 Chap.4.1 and 5.12.

Bshps O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres,
(O how fair art thou/you my beloved, how well favoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowers,)

Gnva The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.
(The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are of fir. )

Cvdl O how fayre art thou (my beloued) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures,
(O how fair art thou/you (my beloved) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures,)

Wycl 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.)

Luth Siehe, mein Freund, du bist schön und lieblich. Unser Bett grünet.
(See, my Freund, you are schön and lieblich. Our Bett grünet.)

ClVg 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 through the_world about nations Ecclesiæ; Tigna, which to munitionem home solent fieri, prælet_him_sayores, quorum verbo and exemplo structura Ecclesiæ, not corruat, is_contained. Laquearia, which to decorem home solent fieri, simpliciores famuli of_Christ, who tignis adhærent and sustentantur, who not/no doctrina, but virtutibus ornant. Cypressina. Cypressus Græce it_is_said, that caput his from 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.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנְּ⁠ךָ֨

how,you

The woman is speaking as if she wanted the man to Behold or look at something. She is using this term to focus his attention on what she is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Use an exclamation that would communicate that meaning in your language. 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. Alternate translation: "My beloved, Behold you! You are handsome, truly pleasant. Indeed, our couch is leafy"

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

דוֹדִ⁠י֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים

beloved,my also/though pleasant

The woman is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “my beloved. You are truly pleasant”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַרְשֵׂ֖⁠נוּ

couch,our

Here, couch refers to the place where the couple would lie down in the forest. You could include this information if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the place where we lie down is” or “the place on which we lie down like a bed is”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רַעֲנָנָֽה

verdant

Here, the word that the ULT translates as leafy refers to green plants. The author assumes that the readers will understand that it is not a literal couch. You could include this information if it would be helpful to your readers. You could translate leafy in a general way such as “green,” or you could indicate specifically what vegetation the word leafy refers to. Here, leafy could refer to: (1) the grass that the couple lay 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”

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