Song of Solomon 2:8
The voice of my beloved! lo, this — he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart.
Song of Solomon 5:2I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled [with] dew, My locks [with] drops of the night.'
Isaiah 40:3A voice is crying — in a wilderness — Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.
Isaiah 49:11And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
Isaiah 55:12For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you [with] singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.
Luke 3:4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;
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 →