Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His left hand lieth under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

New American Standard Bible

“Let his left hand be under my head
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

His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

International Standard Version

Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.

A Conservative Version

His left hand under my head, and his right hand should 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂמאל שׂמאול 
S@mo'wl 
Usage: 54

should be under my head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and his right hand
ימין 
Yamiyn 
Usage: 139

חבק 
Chabaq 
Usage: 13

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Double Refrain: Embrace And Adjuration

2 if I took thee, and brought thee into my mother's house - that thou mightest teach me, and that I might give thee drink of spiced wine and of the sweet sap of my pomegranates. 3 His left hand lieth under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. 4 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye wake not up my love, nor touch her, till she be content herself. What is she, this that cometh up from the wilderness, and leaneth upon her love?

Cross References

Song of Songs 2:6

His left hand lieth under my head, and his righthand shall embrace me.

Deuteronomy 33:27

that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.'

Isaiah 62:4-5

From this time forth thou shalt never be called the forsaken, and thy land shall no more be called the wilderness. But thou shalt be called Hephzibah, that is, my beloved; and thy land Beulah, that is, a married woman: for the LORD loveth thee, and thy land shall be inhabited.

2 Corinthians 12:9

and he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect through weakness." Very gladly therefore will I rejoice of my weakness, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me.

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