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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Song of Solomon 8:3

His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Popery;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John the Apostle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Song of Solomon;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Head;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Embrace;   Noble;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bibliomancy;   Demonology;   Mezuzah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May his left hand be under my head,and his right arm embrace me.
Hebrew Names Version
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
King James Version
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
English Standard Version
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
New American Standard Bible
"Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me."
New Century Version
My lover's left hand is under my head, and his right arm holds me tight.
Amplified Bible
"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
World English Bible
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let his left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me."
Berean Standard Bible
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Contemporary English Version
Put your left hand under my head and embrace me with your right arm.
Complete Jewish Bible
His left arm would be under my head and his right arm around me.
Darby Translation
His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.
Easy-to-Read Version
His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me.
George Lamsa Translation
His left arm is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Good News Translation
Your left hand is under my head, and your right hand caresses me.
Lexham English Bible
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Literal Translation
His left hand would be under my head, and His right hand embracing me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His left hande lyeth vnder my heade, & his right hande embraceth me.
American Standard Version
His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
Bible in Basic English
His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
King James Version (1611)
His left hand should be vnder my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His left hande shalbe vnder my head, and his ryght hande shall imbrace me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
English Revised Version
His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His lefthond vndur myn heed, and his riythond schal biclippe me.
Update Bible Version
His left hand [should be] under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
Webster's Bible Translation
His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
New English Translation

The Beloved about Her Lover:

His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.
New King James Version
His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.
New Living Translation
Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.
New Life Bible
Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand hold me close."
New Revised Standard
O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
Douay-Rheims Bible
His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Revised Standard Version
O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
Young's Literal Translation
His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
THE MESSAGE
Imagine! His left hand cradling my head, his right arm around my waist! Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you're ready.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."

Contextual Overview

1 Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother, - Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me! 2 I would have guided thee - brought thee into the house of my mother, Thou wouldst have instructed me, - I would have let thee drink of spiced wine, of the pressed-out juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me. 4 I HEadjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, - Why will ye wake, and why will ye arouse the dear love until she please! ****

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Song of Solomon 2:6, Deuteronomy 33:27, Isaiah 62:4, Isaiah 62:5, 2 Corinthians 12:9

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 1:13 - he shall

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.
Genesis 7:24
Thus prevailed the waters on the earth, - a hundred and fifty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. That is, when she should have the presence of Christ in her mother's house. Or the words are a petition that so it might be, "let his left hand", c. g or a declaration of what she did enjoy, "his left hand is under my head", &c. h,

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g Tigurine version, Marckius, some in Michaelis. h Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The bride now turns to and addresses the chorus as before (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Song of Solomon 8:3. His left hand — See on Song of Solomon 2:6.

With the fourth verse the SIXTH night of the marriage week is supposed to end.


 
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