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Berean Standard Bible

“How 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 Solomon 4:1

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The Song of Solomon is a collection of love poetry celebrating the love between a bride and her beloved. Chapter 4 is set around their wedding, and it opens a long song in which the groom praises his bride's beauty from head to toe, a form known in ancient love poetry.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

How 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.

World English Bible (WEB)

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

aquí que tú eres hermosa, amiga mía; he aquí que tú eres hermosa; tus ojos entre tus guedejas como de paloma; tus cabellos como manada de cabras, que se muestran desde el monte de Galaad.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¡Qué hermosa eres, amor mío, qué hermosa! Tus ojos, tras el velo, son como palomas. Sobre el rostro, tus negros cabellos son como rebaños de cabras que retozan en las laderas de Galaad.

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