comely

Then answered one of the seruants, and said, Behold, I haue seene a sonne of Iesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of warre, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1611 marginal noteOr, speech.

I will not conceale his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

¶ Reioyce in the LORD, O yee righteous: for prayse is comely for the vpright.

¶ Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises vnto our God: for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:

¶ Behold that which I haue seene: It is good and comely for one to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the good of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for it is his portion.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there is a good which is comely, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the number of the dayes.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.24 and 3.12.

I am blacke, but comely, (O ye daughters of Ierusalem) as the tents of Kedar, as the curtaines of Solomon.

Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of iewels, thy necke with chaines of golde.

¶ O my doue! that art in the clefts of the rocke, in the secret places of the staires: let me see thy countenance, let me heare thy voice, for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

Thy lips are like a threed of scarlet, and thy speach is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy lockes.