Song of Solomon 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

O that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[I can feel] his left hand under my head and his right hand embraces me! [Deut. 33:27; Matt. 28:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

His left arm is beneath my head, his right embraces me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Song of Solomon 2:6 Cross References

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Song of Solomon 3:5

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!

Jeremiah 32:41

I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled.