Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
His left hand under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
New American Standard Bible
And his right hand embrace me.”
King James Version
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Holman Bible
and his right arm embraces me.
International Standard Version
Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.
American Standard Version
His left hand'should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
Amplified
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
Bible in Basic English
His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.
Darby Translation
His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.
Julia Smith Translation
His left hand under my head, and his right shall embrace me.
King James 2000
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His left [hand is] under my head, and his right [hand] embraces me.
Modern King James verseion
His left hand would be under my head, and His right embrace me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His left hand lieth under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.
New Heart English Bible
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
The Emphasized Bible
His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me.
Webster
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
World English Bible
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
Youngs Literal Translation
His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Double Refrain: Embrace And Adjuration
2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake love, until it please.
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.
Isaiah 62:4-5
Thou shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall thy land any more be termed Desolate. But thou shall be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah, for LORD delights in thee, and thy land shall be married.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.