Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
In Context
5Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:8Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
Song of Solomon 8:3His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.
Isaiah 62:4You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:4-8
The Love of the Church to Christ. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir… Read the whole commentary →