Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on 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.
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!
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.
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 say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready. 8 The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills. 9 My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:16
And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
Song of Songs 2:17
Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
Song of Songs 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 35:6
Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.
Isaiah 40:3-4
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
Isaiah 44:23
Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.
Isaiah 49:11-13
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Isaiah 55:12-13
For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
Jeremiah 48:27
For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.
Luke 3:4-6
As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
Luke 6:23
Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
John 10:4-5
When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
Acts 3:8
And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.
Acts 14:10
Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.
Revelation 3:20
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.