Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, 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.
A Conservative Version
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, 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 my love, Until he please. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:16
And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah 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 Jehovah; 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.
Song of Songs 5:2
I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,'saying , Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 40:3-4
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 44:23
Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath 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 that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
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 unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Luke 3:4-6
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
John 10:4-5
When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for 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 began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Acts 14:10
said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.