Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
In Context
5Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.
Song of Solomon 8:3His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Isaiah 62:4Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.
Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up 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 →