Song of Solomon 2:6

Song of Solomon chapter 2 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

v.6This passage

v.7I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 4:8

    Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

  • Isaiah 62:4

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

  • Isaiah 54:5

    For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  • Ephesians 5:25

    Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

  • Song of Solomon 8:3

    His left handshould beunder my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

  • John 3:29

    He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.