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Admiration by the Bridegroom

Song of Songs 7:6

In 11 translations

BSB
How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
KJV
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
WEB
How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!
ASV
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
LSV
How beautiful and how pleasant you have been, || O love, in delights.
YLT
How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.
DBY
How fair and how pleasant art thou, [my] love, in delights!
DRC
How beautiful art thou, and how comely, my dearest, in delights!
GNV
Howe faire art thou, and howe pleasant art thou, O my loue, in pleasures!
JPS7:7
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
LXXE7:7
How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, my love!

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Original-language editions

WLC7:7
מַה־יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־נָּעַ֔מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֖ה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃KJV:Song.7.6
LXX-Br7:7
Τί ὡραιώθης, καὶ τί ἡδύνθης ἀγάπη;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
  • Song of Songs 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
  • Song of Songs 1:15–16How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
  • Isaiah 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. For as a young man…
  • Song of Songs 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
  • Song of Songs 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
  • Song of Songs 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
  • Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:7 in some Bibles
  • 7:6 in most Bibles

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