His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
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His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
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His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
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His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Song of Solomon 8:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
- Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
- Isaiah 62:4-5 You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read Song 2:6.
Read Song 2:6.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Son 8:3 His left hand [should be] under my…
Son 8:3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Ver. 3. His left hand should be under my head.] Or, prayerwise, Let his left hand, &c. Conscious and sensible of her own inability, she begs the benefit of both Christ’s hands, and all little enough - his whole power and providence to support and relieve her.
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“ Una est in tenui mihi re medicina, Iehovae
Cor patrium, os verax, omnipotensque manus. ”
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The same expressions are used Son 2:6. The sense…
The same expressions are used Son 2:6. The sense is, He would not despise me for my forwardness in showing my affections to him, as men commonly do in like cases, but would kindly accept of my love, and return love for it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. His left hand] See on So 2:6.
Verse 3. His left hand] See on So 2:6.
With the fourth verse the SIXTH night of the marriage week is supposed to end.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The bride now turns to and addresses the chorus…
The bride now turns to and addresses the chorus as before (marginal reference).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Turning to the Chorus she affirms that she…
3. Turning to the Chorus she affirms that she needs no support at any time other than her Beloved can give.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. The bride here repeats in other words what…
3. The bride here repeats in other words what she has already spoken of in Son_8:1, and losing herself in the anticipation of that which she had before regarded only as a possibility, she drops into the use of the third personal pronoun in her rapture, though she has been addressing her lover hitherto.
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