Verse 1

Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede, se, du er vakker! Dine øyne er som duer skjult bak sløret ditt. Ditt hår er som en vakker flokk av geiter som beiter nedover fra Gileads fjell.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede; se, du er vakker; du har dueøyne bak sløret ditt: håret ditt er som en geiteflokk som kommer ned fra Gileads fjell.

• Norsk King James

  Se, du er vakker, min elskling; du er vakker; du har duers øyne i håret ditt: håret ditt er som en flokk med geiter som kommer ned fra fjellet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Se, min venninne! Du er vakker, ja, vakker er du! Dine øyne er som dueøyne bak sløret ditt, og håret ditt er som en flokk geiter som kommer ned fra Gileads fjell.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se, du er vakker, min kjære, se, du er vakker. Dine øyne er som dueøyne bak sløret ditt. Ditt hår er som en flokk av geiter som vaker ned fra Gileads fjell.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, du er vakker, min kjære; se, du er vakker; dine øyne er som duer bak dine slør: ditt hår er som en flokk geiter som kommer ned fra fjellet Gilead.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede; se, du er virkelig vakker; du har dueøyne blant dine lokker, og ditt hår ligner en flokk geiter som kommer fra Gilead-fjellet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Se, du er vakker, min kjære; se, du er vakker; dine øyne er som duer bak dine slør: ditt hår er som en flokk geiter som kommer ned fra fjellet Gilead.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Se, du er vakker, min kjære, se, du er vakker. Øynene dine er som duer bak sløret ditt. Håret ditt er som en flokk med geiter som kommer ned fra Gileads fjell.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se, du er vakker, min kjæreste, se, du er vakker. Dine øyne er som duer bak dine slør. Ditt hår er som en flokk geiter som beveger seg ned fra Gileads fjell.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  See, min Veninde! du er deilig, see, deilig er du, dine Øine ere (som) Duers (Øine) imellem dine Lokker, dit Haar er som en Gjedehjords, som vel trives (og kommer) fra Gileads Bjerg.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede; se, du er vakker; du har dueøyne innenfor håret ditt: håret ditt er som en flokk med geiter som viser seg fra Gileads fjell.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede. Se, du er vakker. Dine øyne er som duer bak sløret ditt. Ditt hår er som en flokk geiter som kommer ned fra Gilad-fjellet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, du er vakker, min venn, se, du er vakker. Dine øyne er som duer bak sløret ditt, ditt hår som en flokk av geiter som kommer ned fra Gilead-fjellet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, du er vakker, min elskede, se, du er vakker; øynene dine er som duer bak sløret ditt. Håret ditt er som en flokk geiter som går nedover Gilead-fjellet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Se, du er skjønn, min elskede, du er skjønn; du har dueøyne; ditt hår er som en flokk av geiter som hviler på Gileads skråning.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes besyde that which lyeth hid within.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues: among thy lockes thine heare is like the flocke of goates, which looke downe from the mountaine of Gilead.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O howe fayre art thou my loue, howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes, beside that which lyeth hid within: Thy heerie lockes are lyke the wooll of a flocke of goates that be shorne vpon mount Gilead.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, lo, thou `art' fair, Thine eyes `are' doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Wedding Night: Praise of the Bride The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Referenced Verses

• Song 1:15 : 15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.
• Song 6:5 : 5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.
• Song 6:7 : 7 Your temples within your locks are like a piece of a pomegranate.
• Song 7:5 : 5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your locks.
• Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• Phil 2:3-5 : 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vanity; but in humility let each consider others better than themselves. 4 Do not look out only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
• Num 32:1 : 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great number of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they realized that the place was suitable for cattle.
• Num 32:40 : 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt there.
• Ps 45:11 : 11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and you shall worship him.
• Ezek 16:14 : 14 And your fame went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord GOD.
• Song 2:10 : 10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'
• Song 2:14 : 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.
• Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!
• Song 5:11-12 : 11 His head is like the finest gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are like the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.