Song of Solomon 8:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ 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

³ His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ [Then musingly she added] Oh, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me! [Exod. 19:4; Deut. 33:27.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

Common English Bible

³ His left arm is beneath my head, and his right embraces me!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Song of Solomon 8:3 Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:6

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

Song of Solomon 8:2

I would lead you and bring you into my mother’s house and into the chamber of the one who bore me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, from the juice of my pomegranates.

Song of Solomon 8:4

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!

2 Corinthians 12:9

but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Deuteronomy 33:27

He subdues the ancient gods, shatters the forces of old; he drove out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy!’