Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in through the windows, he peereth through the lattice.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
10My beloved spoke, 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 peered, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Proverbs 5:19A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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 →