Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

King James Version

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

Holman Bible

His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

International Standard Version

I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me!

A Conservative Version

His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

American Standard Version

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

Amplified


“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

Bible in Basic English

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

Darby Translation

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

Julia Smith Translation

His left hand is under my head, and his right shall embrace me.

King James 2000

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His left [hand] [is] under my head, and his right [hand] embraces me.

Modern King James verseion

His left hand is under my head, and His right hand embraces me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His left hand lieth under my head, and his righthand shall embrace me.

NET Bible

His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.

New Heart English Bible

His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

The Emphasized Bible

His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me!

Webster

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

World English Bible

His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

Youngs Literal Translation

His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂמאל שׂמאול 
S@mo'wl 
Usage: 54

is under my head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and his right hand
ימין 
Yamiyn 
Usage: 139

חבק 
Chabaq 
Usage: 13

Devotionals

Devotionals about Song of Solomon 2:6

References

Hastings

Images Song of Solomon 2:6

Prayers for Song of Solomon 2:6

Context Readings

Double Refrain: Embrace And Adjuration

5 Sustain me with flagons of wine, strengthen me with apples; for I am sick with love. 6 “Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
7 I charge you, O ye virgins of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye not awake nor stir up love, until he pleases.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:8

Grow in wisdom, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou hast embraced her.

Song of Songs 8:3-5

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Isaiah 54:5-10

For thy Maker shall be thine husband; the LORD of the hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Isaiah 62:4-5

Thou shalt no longer be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any longer be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Hephzibah and thy land Beulah; ; for the will of the LORD shall be in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Jeremiah 32:41

And, I will rejoice with them doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

John 3:29

He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Ephesians 5:25-29

Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,

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