Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

His left hand is under my head, And his right doth 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.

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.

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 I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate, 3 His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me. 4 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!



Cross References

Song of Songs 2:6

His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

Deuteronomy 33:27

A habitation is the eternal God, And beneath are arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, 'Destroy!'

Isaiah 62:4-5

It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

2 Corinthians 12:9

and He said to me, 'Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

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