Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Standard Bible The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs. 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. 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs. Contemporary English Version in the shade of cedar and cypress trees. English Revised Version The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs. GOD'S WORD® Translation The cedars will be the walls of our house. The cypress trees will be our rafters. Good News Translation the cedars will be the beams of our house, and the cypress trees the ceiling. International Standard Version The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine. Majority Standard Bible The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs. NET Bible the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom. New Heart English Bible The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Webster's Bible Translation The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. World English Bible The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe 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 BibleThe 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. New American Bible the beams of our house are cedars, our rafters, cypresses. New Revised Standard Version the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe beams of our house are of cedar, and our rafters of cypress. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The beams of our house are cedars, the joists of cypress OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bride Confesses Her Love…16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed. 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs. Cross References 1 Kings 6:15-18 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards. / He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. / And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. ... 1 Kings 7:2-12 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row. / There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers. ... Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet. Revelation 21:18-21 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. / The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, / the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ... 1 Kings 10:11-12 (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones. / The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.) 2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours Ezekiel 41:16-26 as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered. / In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary, / were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: ... 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. / By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. / For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, / you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Exodus 26:15-30 You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ... 1 Kings 5:6-10 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.” / When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!” / Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber. ... 2 Chronicles 3:5-7 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. / He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. / He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name. Isaiah 41:19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, Treasury of Scripture The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. beams Song of Solomon 8:9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 2 Chronicles 2:8,9 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, … Psalm 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. rafters Song of Solomon 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. Ezekiel 41:16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; Ezekiel 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. Jump to Previous Beams Beloved Boards Cedar Cedars Cedar-Trees Cypresses Fir Firs Fir-Trees House Houses Lily Panels Pillars Pine Rafters Rose Sharon ValleysJump to Next Beams Beloved Boards Cedar Cedars Cedar-Trees Cypresses Fir Firs Fir-Trees House Houses Lily Panels Pillars Pine Rafters Rose Sharon ValleysSong of Solomon 1 1. the church's love unto Christ5. She confesses her deformity 7. and prays to be directed, to his flock 8. Christ directs her to the shepherd's tents 9. and showing his love to her 11. gives her gracious promises 12. the church and Christ congratulate one another The beams of our house The imagery of "beams" suggests strength and support, foundational elements that hold a structure together. In the Hebrew context, the word for "beams" (קֹרוֹת, qorot) can also imply something that is firm and enduring. This phrase metaphorically represents the strength and stability of the relationship between the lovers in the Song of Solomon. In a broader spiritual sense, it can symbolize the foundational truths and principles that uphold a godly relationship or community. The "house" here is not just a physical dwelling but can be seen as the shared life and union of the couple, reflecting the covenantal relationship between God and His people. are cedars our rafters are cypresses Fir.--Heb., beroth (Aramaic form of berosh), a tree often mentioned in connection with cedar as an emblem of majesty, &c. (Ezekiel 31:8; Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 60:13). "The plain here has evidently been buried deep under sand long ages ago, precisely as at Beir-t, and here are the usual pine forests growing upon it (Beir-t is by some derived from ber-th). These are the finest specimens we have seen in Palestine, though every sandy ridge of Lebanon and Hermon is clothed with them. In my opinion it is the Heb. berosh, concerning which there is so much confusion in the various translations of the Bible . . . the generic name for the pine, of which there are several varieties in Lebanon. Cypress is rarely found there, but pine everywhere, and it is the tree used for beams and rafters (Thomson, The Land and Book, p. 511). The Pinus maritima and the Aleppo pine are the most common, the latter being often mistaken for the Scotch fir. (See Tristram, Nat. Hist. of Bible, p. 353, &c.) . . . Hebrew The beamsקֹר֤וֹת (qō·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 6982: A rafter, a roof of our house בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ (bāt·tê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1004: A house are cedars; אֲרָזִ֔ים (’ă·rā·zîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 730: A cedar tree our rafters רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ (ra·hî·ṭê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 7351: Perhaps rafters, boards [are] fragrant firs. בְּרוֹתִֽים׃ (bə·rō·w·ṯîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1266: Cypress or fir Links Song of Solomon 1:17 NIVSong of Solomon 1:17 NLT Song of Solomon 1:17 ESV Song of Solomon 1:17 NASB Song of Solomon 1:17 KJV Song of Solomon 1:17 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 1:17 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 1:17 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 1:17 French Bible Song of Solomon 1:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 1:17 The beams of our house are cedars (Song Songs SS So Can) |