Song of Solomon 2:6 · KJV
“His left hand {is} under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.”
— Song of Solomon 2:6
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I {am} sick of love. {comfort...: Heb. straw me with apples}
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, till he please. {I charge...: Heb. I adjure you}
Song of Solomon 2 — Context
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me {was} love. {banqueting...: Heb. house of wine}
5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I {am} sick of love. {comfort...: Heb. straw me with apples}
6His left hand {is} under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, till he please. {I charge...: Heb. I adjure you}
8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Cross References
Isaiah 54:5-10
For thy Maker {is} thine husband; the LORD of hosts {is} his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. {Maker: Heb. Makers}
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee {is} mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. {rest: Heb. be silent}
Song of Solomon 8:3-5
His left hand {should be} under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Jeremiah 32:41
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. {assuredly: Heb. in truth, or, stability}
Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Ephesians 5:25-29
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Isaiah 62:4-5
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. {Hephzibah: that is, My delight is in her} {Beulah: that is, Married}
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