Song of Solomon 1:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.

New Living Translation
fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.

English Standard Version
the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.

Berean Study Bible
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

New American Standard Bible
“The beams of our house are cedars, Our rafters, junipers.

NASB 1995
"The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.

NASB 1977
“The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.

Amplified Bible
“The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters and panels are cypresses.

Christian Standard Bible
the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses.

Contemporary English Version
in the shade of cedar and cypress trees.

Good News Translation
the cedars will be the beams of our house, and the cypress trees the ceiling.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The cedars will be the walls of our house. The cypress trees will be our rafters.

International Standard Version
The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.

NET Bible
the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

New King James Version
The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir.

King James 2000 Bible
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

New Heart English Bible
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

World English Bible
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved

American King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

American Standard Version
The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.

A Faithful Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters are of fir.

Darby Bible Translation
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.

English Revised Version
The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs.

Webster's Bible Translation
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(1:12) the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree, and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
ye sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre, & oure balkes of Cypresse.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The beams of our houses [are] cedars, "" Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

Young's Literal Translation
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

Smith's Literal Translation
The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Groom to Bride: The timbers of our houses are of cedar; our ceilings are of cypress.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The beams of our house are cedars, the joists of cypress

Lamsa Bible
The beams of our house are of cedar, and our rafters of cypress.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The beams of our houses are cedars, And our panels are cypresses.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
















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