Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Cross References
Judges 5:28Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Proverbs 5:19As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
John 12:41These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
2 Corinthians 3:13and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his own face, that the children of Israel should not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away:
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:9-14
Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the… Read the whole commentary →