Song of Solomon 2:8
The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:16And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake: 1 The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, 1 Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, 1 My dove, my perfect one: 1 For my head is filled with dew, 1 And my locks with the drops of the night. 1
Isaiah 40:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.
Isaiah 49:11And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
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 →