Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of my beloved I behold him coming leaping upon the mountains, springing upon the hills

New American Standard Bible

Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
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

Listen! My love is approaching.
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!

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

of my beloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

דּלג 
Dalag 
Usage: 5

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

קפץ 
Qaphats 
shut, stop, shut up, take out of the way, skip
Usage: 7

References

Images Song of Solomon 2:8

Prayers for Song of Solomon 2:8

Verse Info

Context Readings

Rendezvous In The Countryside

7 I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, if ye shall awake and if ye shall arouse love till he shall desire. 8 The voice of my beloved I behold him coming leaping upon the mountains, springing upon the hills 9 My beloved is like to the roe or to the fawn of the hinds: behold him standing behind our wall looking forth from the windows, glancing from the lattices.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:16

And the ark of Jehovah was coming to the city of David, and Michal, Saul's daughter, looked forth without the window, and she will see king David being strengthened and leaping before Jehovah, and she will despise him in her heart.

Song of Songs 2:17

Until the day shall breathe and the shadows fled away, turn, thou, it being likened to thee, my beloved, to the roe, or to the fawn of the hind upon the mountains of section.

Song of Songs 5:2

I slept and my heart waked: the voice of my beloved knocks at the door; Open to me, my sister, my friend, my dove, my perfect one: my head was filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night

Isaiah 35:6

Then shall the lame one leap as the stag, and the tongue of the dumb shall give forth the voice: for waters brake forth in the desert, and torrents in the sterile region.

Isaiah 40:3-4

The voice of him calling in the desert, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the sterile region a highway for our God.

Isaiah 44:23

Shout, ye heavens, for Jehovah made: make a loud noise, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into a shout of joy, ye mountains, thou forest and every tree in it, for Jehovah redeemed Jacob, and he will be honored in Israel.

Isaiah 49:11-13

And I set all the mountains for a way, and the highways shall be raised up.

Isaiah 52:7

How exalted upon the mountains the feet of him announcing good news, causing peace to be beard: announcing good news of good, causing salvation to be heard; saying to Zion, Thy God reigns!

Isaiah 55:12-13

For with joy shall ye go forth, and in peace shall ye be led forth; the mountains and hills shall break forth before you into shouting, and all the trees of the field shall clap the hand.

Jeremiah 48:27

And if Israel was not a derision to thee? if he was found among thieves? for after thy speaking of him thou wilt move to and fro.

Luke 3:4-6

As it has been written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, A voice of him crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his footpaths straight.

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day, and skip: for, behold, your reward much in heaven: for according to these did their fathers to the prophets.

John 3:29

He having the bride is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy for the bridegroom's voice: therefore this my joy has been completed.

John 10:4-5

And when he would put forth his own sheep, he goes 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 springing forth he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and springing, and praising God.

Acts 14:10

Said with a great voice, Stand up upon thy feet upright.:And he leaped and walked.

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand before the door, and knock: and if any hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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