Apologetics Bible

SongofSolomon 1:1

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

shiyr-hashiyriym-'asher-lishelomoh

KJV: The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

AKJV: The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

ASV: The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

YLT: The Song of Songs, that is Solomon's.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:2

Hebrew

יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃

yishaqeniy-mineshiyqvot-fiyhv-khiy-tvoviym-dodeykha-miyayin

KJV: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

AKJV: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine.

ASV: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;

YLT: Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:3

Hebrew

לְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ עַל־כֵּן עֲלָמוֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃

lereycha-shemaneykha-tvoviym-shemen-tvraq-shemekha-'al-khen-'alamvot-'ahevvkha

KJV: Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

AKJV: Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.

ASV: Thine oils have a goodly fragrance;

YLT: For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out--thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:4

Hebrew

מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃

mashekheniy-'achareykha-narvtzah-heviy'aniy-hamelekhe-chadarayv-nagiylah-venishemechah-vakhe-nazekhiyrah-dodeykha-miyayin-meyshariym-'ahevvkha

KJV: Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

AKJV: Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.

ASV: Draw me; we will run after thee:

YLT: Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:5

Hebrew

שְׁחוֹרָה אֲנִי וְֽנָאוָה בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם כְּאָהֳלֵי קֵדָר כִּירִיעוֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

shechvorah-'aniy-vena'vah-venvot-yervshalaim-khe'aholey-qedar-khiyriy'vot-shelomoh

KJV: I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

AKJV: I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

ASV: I am black, but comely,

YLT: Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:6

Hebrew

אַל־תִּרְאוּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַתְנִי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ בְּנֵי אִמִּי נִֽחֲרוּ־בִי שָׂמֻנִי נֹטֵרָה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִים כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לֹא נָטָֽרְתִּי׃

'al-tire'vniy-she'aniy-shecharechoret-sheshezafateniy-hashamesh-veney-'imiy-nicharv-viy-shamuniy-noterah-'et-hakheramiym-kharemiy-sheliy-lo'-nataretiy

KJV: Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

AKJV: Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept.

ASV: Look not upon me, because I am swarthy,

YLT: Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard--my own--I have not kept.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:7

Hebrew

הַגִּידָה לִּי שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי אֵיכָה תִרְעֶה אֵיכָה תַּרְבִּיץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָיִם שַׁלָּמָה אֶֽהְיֶה כְּעֹטְיָה עַל עֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃

hagiydah-liy-she'ahavah-nafeshiy-'eykhah-tire'eh-'eykhah-tareviytz-vatzahorayim-shalamah-'eheyeh-khe'oteyah-'al-'ederey-chavereykha

KJV: Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

AKJV: Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions? ¶

ASV: Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,

YLT: Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:8

Hebrew

אִם־לֹא תֵדְעִי לָךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים צְֽאִי־לָךְ בְּעִקְבֵי הַצֹּאן וּרְעִי אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ עַל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃

'im-lo'-tede'iy-lakhe-hayafah-vanashiym-tze'iy-lakhe-ve'iqevey-hatzo'n-vre'iy-'et-gediyotayikhe-'al-mishekhenvot-haro'iym

KJV: If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

AKJV: If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

ASV: If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,

YLT: If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:9

Hebrew

לְסֻסָתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה דִּמִּיתִיךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃

lesusatiy-verikhevey-fare'oh-dimiytiykhe-ra'eyatiy

KJV: I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

AKJV: I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

ASV: I have compared thee, O my love,

YLT: To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:10

Hebrew

נָאווּ לְחָיַיִךְ בַּתֹּרִים צַוָּארֵךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃

na'vv-lechayayikhe-vatoriym-tzava'rekhe-vacharvziym

KJV: Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

AKJV: Your cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.

ASV: Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair,

YLT: Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:11

Hebrew

תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּֽסֶף׃

tvorey-zahav-na'asheh-lakhe-'im-nequdvot-hakhasef

KJV: We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

AKJV: We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver. ¶

ASV: We will make thee plaits of gold

YLT: Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:12

Hebrew

עַד־שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחֽוֹ׃

'ad-shehamelekhe-vimesivvo-nirediy-natan-reychvo

KJV: While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

AKJV: While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth the smell thereof.

ASV: While the king sat at his table,

YLT: While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:13

Hebrew

צְרוֹר הַמֹּר ׀ דּוֹדִי לִי בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִֽין׃

tzervor-hamor- -dvodiy-liy-veyn-shaday-yaliyn

KJV: A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

AKJV: A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

ASV: My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh,

YLT: A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:14

Hebrew

אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר ׀ דּוֹדִי לִי בְּכַרְמֵי עֵין גֶּֽדִי׃

'eshekhol-hakhofer- -dvodiy-liy-vekharemey-'eyn-gediy

KJV: My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.

AKJV: My beloved is to me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

ASV: My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers

YLT: A cluster of cypress is my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:15

Hebrew

הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִֽים׃

hinakhe-yafah-ra'eyatiy-hinakhe-yafah-'eynayikhe-yvoniym

KJV: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

AKJV: Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves’ eyes.

ASV: Behold, thou art fair, my love;

YLT: Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:16

Hebrew

הִנְּךָ יָפֶה דוֹדִי אַף נָעִים אַף־עַרְשֵׂנוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃

hinekha-yafeh-dvodiy-'af-na'iym-'af-'areshenv-ra'ananah

KJV: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

AKJV: Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green.

ASV: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:

YLT: Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 1:17

Hebrew

קֹרוֹת בָּתֵּינוּ אֲרָזִים רחיטנו רַהִיטֵנוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃

qorvot-vateynv-'araziym-rchytnv-rahiytenv-vervotiym

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

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

ASV: The beams of our house are cedars,

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

Exposition: SongofSolomon 1:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.