Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing
Leaping on the hills!
King James Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Holman Bible
Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
International Standard Version
The voice of my beloved! Look! He's coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
American Standard Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping and running on the hills!
Bible in Basic English
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.
Darby Translation
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of my beloved I behold him coming leaping upon the mountains, springing upon the hills
King James 2000
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The voice of my beloved! Look! Here {he} comes leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills!
Modern King James verseion
The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Me think I hear the voice of my beloved: lo, there cometh he hopping upon the mountains, and leaping over the little hills.
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!
New Heart English Bible
The voice of my beloved. Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The Emphasized Bible
SHEThe voice of my beloved! Lo! here he cometh, - leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
Webster
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
World English Bible
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Youngs Literal Translation
The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Interlinear
Qowl
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 2:8
Prayers for Song of Solomon 2:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rendezvous In The Countryside
7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake love, until it please. 8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:16
And it was so, as the ark of LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
Song of Songs 2:17
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Isaiah 35:6
Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 40:3-4
The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 44:23
Sing, O ye heavens, for LORD has done it. Shout, ye lower parts of the earth. Break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein. For LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
Isaiah 49:11-13
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Thy God reigns!
Isaiah 55:12-13
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision to thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speak of him, thou wag the head.
Luke 3:4-6
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled.
John 10:4-5
And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Acts 3:8
And leaping up, he stood and walked. And he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Acts 14:10
said with a great voice, Stand correctly on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.