Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. New Living Translation My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room. English Standard Version My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice. Berean Standard Bible My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. King James Bible My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. New King James Version My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; He is looking through the windows, Gazing through the lattice. New American Standard Bible “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. NASB 1995 “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. NASB 1977 “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. Legacy Standard Bible My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall; He gazes through the windows; He is peering through the lattice. Amplified Bible “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is gazing through the lattice. Christian Standard Bible My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. See, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. Holman Christian Standard Bible My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. American Standard Version My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. Contemporary English Version like a deer or a gazelle. Now he stands outside our wall, looking through the window English Revised Version My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the windows, he sheweth himself through the lattice. GOD'S WORD® Translation My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, peeking through the window, looking through the lattice. Good News Translation My lover is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he stands beside the wall. He looks in through the window and glances through the lattice. International Standard Version My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, gazing through the lattice. Majority Standard Bible My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. NET Bible My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice. New Heart English Bible My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Look, he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy beloved [is] like to a roe, "" Or to a young one of the harts. Behold, this—he is standing behind our wall, "" Looking from the windows, "" Blooming from the lattice. Young's Literal Translation My beloved is like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice. Smith's Literal Translation My beloved is like to the roe or to the fawn of the hinds: behold him standing behind our wall looking forth from the windows, glancing from the lattices. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices. Catholic Public Domain Version My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag. New American Bible My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. See! He is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices. New Revised Standard Version My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young roe; behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks through the windows, bending himself over the lattice. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My love is like a deer or to the fawn of a hart on the mountains of Bayth Eil, behold he is standing behind our wall; he watches from the windows; he stoops at the thresholds OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, He peereth through the lattice. Brenton Septuagint Translation My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Baethel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bride's Admiration…8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. 10My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.… Cross References Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. John 10:27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. Matthew 9:28-30 After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered. / Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.” / And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!” James 5:9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. Psalm 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. 1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Isaiah 26:21 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain. Genesis 18:10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent. Luke 12:36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.” Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” Treasury of Scripture My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. like Song of Solomon 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. Song of Solomon 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. he standeth 1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 2 Corinthians 3:13-18 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: … Ephesians 2:14,15 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; … shewing Luke 24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. John 5:39,46 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me… John 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. Jump to Previous Beloved Forth Gazelle Gazing Glances Glancing Hart Harts Looks Loved Roe Shewing Showing Side Spaces Stag Standeth Standing Stands Wall Windows YoungJump to Next Beloved Forth Gazelle Gazing Glances Glancing Hart Harts Looks Loved Roe Shewing Showing Side Spaces Stag Standeth Standing Stands Wall Windows YoungSong of Solomon 2 1. the mutual love of Christ and his church8. The hope 10. and calling of the church 14. Christ's care of the church 16. The profession of the church, her faith, and hope My beloved This phrase is a term of endearment and intimacy, reflecting a deep, personal relationship. In the Hebrew text, the word used is "דּוֹדִי" (dodi), which conveys a sense of belovedness and affection. In the broader scriptural context, this can be seen as a representation of Christ's love for the Church, highlighting the personal and intimate nature of His relationship with believers. is like a gazelle or a young stag Behold he stands behind our wall gazing through the windows peering through the lattice Looketh forth.--Rather, looking through, as in next clause, where the same Hebrew particle occurs. and may = either out or in, as context requires. Here plainly in at. Shewing himself.--Marg., flourishing. The primitive idea seems to be "to look bright." Hence the Hiphil conjugation = "to make to look bright;" here "making his eyes glance or twinkle as he peers in through the lattice." Verse 9. - My beloved is like a roe or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the windows, he showeth himself through the lattice. The tsevi is the gazelle, Arabic ghazal. Our word is derived through the Spanish or Moorish gazela. The young hart, or chamois, is probably so called from the covering of young hair (cf. 2 Samuel 2:18; Proverbs 6:5; Hebrews 3:19). Shulamith represents herself as within the house, waiting for her friend. Her beloved is standing behind the wall, outside before the house; he is playfully looking through the windows, now through one and now through another, seeking her with peering eyes of love. Both the words employed, convey, the meaning of searching and moving quickly. The windows; literally, the openings; i.e. a window broken through a wall, or the meaning may be a lattice window, a pierced wooden structure. The word is not the common word for a window, which is shevaka (now shabbaka), from a root meaning "to twist," "to make a lattice." Spiritually, we may see an allusion to the glimpses of truth and tastes of the goodness of religion, which precede the real fellowship of the soul with God.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My belovedדוֹדִי֙ (ḏō·w·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle is like דּוֹמֶ֤ה (dō·w·meh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider a gazelle לִצְבִ֔י (liṣ·ḇî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle or א֖וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if a young stag. לְעֹ֣פֶר (lə·‘ō·p̄er) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6082: A young hart, stag Look, הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! he זֶ֤ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that stands עוֹמֵד֙ (‘ō·w·mêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations behind אַחַ֣ר (’a·ḥar) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part our wall, כָּתְלֵ֔נוּ (kā·ṯə·lê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3796: Wall (of a house) gazing מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙ (maš·gî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7688: To peep, glance sharply at through מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the windows, הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹת (ha·ḥăl·lō·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - common plural Strong's 2474: A window peering מֵצִ֖יץ (mê·ṣîṣ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6692: To twinkle, glance, to blossom through מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the lattice. הַֽחֲרַכִּֽים׃ (ha·ḥă·rak·kîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2762: A net, lattice Links Song of Solomon 2:9 NIVSong of Solomon 2:9 NLT Song of Solomon 2:9 ESV Song of Solomon 2:9 NASB Song of Solomon 2:9 KJV Song of Solomon 2:9 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 2:9 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 2:9 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 2:9 French Bible Song of Solomon 2:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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