Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand shall be under my head, 1 And his right hand shall embrace me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
In Context
5Strengthen me with perfumes, 1 Stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:8Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: 1 Honor it, that it may embrace thee; 1
Song of Solomon 8:3His left hand should be under my head, 1 And his right hand should embrace me. 1
Isaiah 62:4And thou shalt no more be called Forsaken; and thy land shall no more be called Desert: for thou shalt be called My Pleasure, and thy land Inhabited: for the Lord has taken pleasure in thee, and thy land shall be inhabited.
Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
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 →