Song of Solomon 4:1 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 4:1 Lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, my friend, lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Song of Solomon 4:2 Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

Song of Solomon 4:3 As a thread of scarlet <FI>are<Fi> thy lips, And thy speech <FI>is<Fi> comely, As the work of the pomegranate <FI>is<Fi> thy temple behind thy veil,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "fair", "friend", "thine", "eyes", and "doves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "fair", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Thy teeth as a row of the...", so "thou" and "fair" should be read forward into that movement. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "fair" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.