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Song of Songs 1:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 1:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Bridegroom:
15 How beautiful you are, my beloved,
how beautiful you are;
your eyes are doves.[a]
Bride:
16 How handsome you are, my love,
and how you delight me.
Our couch is verdant.[b]
Bridegroom:
17 The beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters are all of pine.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 1:15 Your eyes are doves: symbolic of an innocent and personable individual.
- Song of Songs 1:16 The lovers embrace in the field under the trees.