Song of Solomon 1:16

Modern

How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

Traditional

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

Literal

Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely indeed! Our bed is green.

Latin

Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus! Lectulus noster floridus.

Hebrew

English

How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

The soft grass is our bed. The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs: The lovers imagine their luxurious surroundings of grass and overhanging trees as their house. She does not need the royal, palatial surroundings of a king because these God-created natural surroundings are more than enough for her and her true lover.
In several poems, the countryside is a place of happy intimacy. The man and the woman make their bed outdoors and enjoy each other's company.

The couple lovingly describe each other. They admire her unique beauty and appreciate his strong protection and support.

Theme notes and profiles

Song of Solomon 2:3
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Zechariah 9:17
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
Song of Solomon 5:10–16
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
Philippians 3:8–9
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Revelation 5:11–13
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
Psalm 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Song of Solomon 3:7
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.