The Bride
Song of Songs 5:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
- KJV
- His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.fitly…: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring
- WEB
- His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
- ASV
- His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set.
- LSV
- His eyes as doves by streams of water, || Washing in milk, sitting in fullness.
- YLT
- His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness.
- DBY
- His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;
- DRC
- His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters, which are washed with milk, and sit beside the plentiful streams.
- GNV
- His eyes are like doues vpon the riuers of waters, which are washt with milke, and remaine by the full vessels.
- JPS
- His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.
- LXXE
- His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, washed with milk, sitting by the pools.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- עֵינָ֕יו כְּיוֹנִ֖ים עַל־אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֑יִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת֙ בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב יֹשְׁב֖וֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς περιστεραὶ ἐπὶ πληρώματα ὑδάτων, λελουσμέναι ἐν γάλακτι, καθήμεναι ἐπὶ πληρώματα.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Song of Songs 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- Song of Songs 1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
- Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).