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Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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World English Bible

Song of Solomon 8:3

His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace 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

Legacy Standard Bible
Let his left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His left hande shalbe vnder my head, and his ryght hande shall imbrace me.
Darby Translation
His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.
New King James Version
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me.
King James Version (1611)
His left hand should be vnder my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
King James Version
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His left hande lyeth vnder my heade, & his right hande embraceth 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.
Amplified Bible
"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace 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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
George Lamsa Translation
His left arm is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Hebrew Names Version
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace 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."
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.
Berean Standard Bible
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
New Revised Standard
O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Lexham English Bible
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces 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.
Good News Translation
Your left hand is under my head, and your right hand caresses me.
Christian Standard Bible®
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His lefthond vndur myn heed, and his riythond schal biclippe 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.

Contextual Overview

1 Oh that you were like my brother, Who sucked the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; Yes, and no one would despise me. 2 I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, Who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me. 4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires. Friends

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 of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
Genesis 7:24
The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred 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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