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Song of Songs 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 My beloved is for me a cluster of henna[a] blossoms
in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Bridegroom:
15 How beautiful you are, my beloved,
how beautiful you are;
your eyes are doves.[b]
Bride:
16 How handsome you are, my love,
and how you delight me.
Our couch is verdant.[c]
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 1:14 The henna plant had highly perfumed blossoms. En-gedi: an oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea, to which David retreated when hunted by Saul (see 1 Sam 24:1).
- Song of Songs 1:15 Your eyes are doves: symbolic of an innocent and personable individual.
- Song of Songs 1:16 The lovers embrace in the field under the trees.
