Song of Solomon 1 · Verse 15

Song of Solomon 1:15

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
Song of Solomon 1:15, King James Version

Song of Solomon 1:15 in other translations

BSBHow beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
WEBBehold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
ASVBehold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.
YLTLo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!
DARBYBehold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
BBESee, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.
WebsterBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

What does Song of Solomon 1:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. fair--He discerns beauty in her, who had said, "I am black" (So 1:5), because of the everlasting covenant (Psa 45:11; Is 62:5; Ep 1:4,5). doves' eyes--large and beautiful in the doves of Syria. The prominent features of her beauty (Mt 10:16), gentleness, innocence, and constant love, emblem of the Holy Ghost, who changes us to His own likeness (Ge 8:10, 11; Mt 3:16). The opposite kind of eyes (Psa 101:5; Mt 20:15; 2Pe 2:14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Thou hast doves' eyes - The large and beautiful dove of Syria is supposed to be here referred to, the eyes of which are remarkably fine.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:9-17

The Bridegroom gives high praises of his spouse. In the sight of Christ believers are the excellent of the earth, fitted to be instruments for promoting his glory. The spiritual gifts and graces which Christ bestows on every true believer, are described by the ornaments then in use, Song 1:10,11. The graces of the saints are many, but there is dependence upon each other. He who is the Author, will be the Finisher of…

Read the full comment on Song of Solomon 1:9-17 →

Song of Solomon 1:15 in the original Hebrew

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הִנָּ֤ךְhi.Nakhhere youH2005
יָפָה֙ya.Fah[are] beautifulH3303
רַעְיָתִ֔יra'.ya.TiO friend myH7474
הִנָּ֥ךְhi.Nakhhere youH2005
יָפָ֖הya.Fah[are] beautifulH3303
עֵינַ֥יִךְ'ei.Na.yikheyes yourH5869
יוֹנִֽים\׃yo.Nim[are] dovesH3123

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Song of Solomon 1:15

  • Song of Solomon 4:1

    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.

  • Song of Solomon 5:12

    His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

  • Song of Solomon 4:7

    Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

  • Ephesians 1:17-18

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • 2 Corinthians 11:2-3

    For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  • Song of Solomon 6:4

    Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

  • Song of Solomon 5:2

    I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Malachi 2:14

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  • Song of Solomon 4:10

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

  • Song of Solomon 1:8

    If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

  • Song of Solomon 2:13

    The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song of Solomon 7:6

    How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou art fair.
8; 4:1,7,10; 5:12; 7:6
my love. or, my companion.
Mal 2:14
thou hast.
4:1; 5:12; 2Co 11:2,3; Eph 1:17,18

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 1:14

    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.

  • Song of Solomon 1:15

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

  • Song of Solomon 1:16

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

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Song of Solomon 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí que tú eres hermosa, amiga mía; he aquí que eres bella: tus ojos de paloma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, tu es belle, mon amie; voici, tu es belle! Tes yeux sont des colombes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, du bist schön, meine Freundin, siehe, du bist schön, deine Augen sind Tauben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus! Lectulus noster floridus.