Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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


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A Conservative Version

The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are firs.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

the beams of our house [are] cedar; our rafter [is] cypress.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

the ceilings of our house are of Cedar tree, and our balks of Cypress.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

The beams of our house, are cedars, Our fretted ceiling, is cypress-trees.

Webster

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. Beloved

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The beams
קרה קורה 
Qowrah 
Usage: 5

of our house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

ארז 
'erez 
Usage: 73

and our rafters
רחיטo 
R@chiyt 
Usage: 1

References

American

Fir

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Mutual Admiration

16 Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.



Cross References

1 Kings 6:9

After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar.

2 Chronicles 2:8-9

Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, since I'm aware that your servants know how to cut down timber from Lebanon. My servants will accompany your servants

Psalm 92:12

The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Songs 7:5

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your flowing locks are like purple, and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.

Song of Songs 8:9

If she's a wall, on her we will build a battlement of silver. If she's a door, we will enclose her with planks of cedar.

Ezekiel 41:16

the thresholds, the shielded windows, and the surrounding three-storied galleries that stood opposite. From the ground to the shielded windows, they were paneled with wood all around,

Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the 20 cubits wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other.

1 Timothy 3:15-16

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 11:10

because he was waiting for the city with permanent foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

1 Peter 2:4-5

As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,

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