Song of Solomon 2:9
My kinsman is like a roe 1 Or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel: 1 Behold, he is behind our wall, 1 Looking through the windows, 1 Peeping through the lattices. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. 1
10My kinsman answers, and says to me, 1 Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove. 1
Cross References
Judges 5:28The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole, 1 Saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? 1 Why did the wheels of his chariots tarry? 1
Proverbs 5:19Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, 1 And let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; 1 For ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased. 1
Song of Solomon 8:14Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe 1 Or a fawn on 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 →