Song of Solomon 2:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I hear my beloved's voice. Look! Here he comes, sprinting over the mountains, racing over the hills.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

ASV:

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

BBE:

The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.

DBY:

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

ERV:

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

JPS:

Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

WBS:

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

WEB:

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

YLT:

The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:8 Cross References

XREF:

Song of Songs 2:17 "Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."

Isaiah 52:7 How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:8 {d} The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
(d) This is spoken of Christ who took on our nature to come to help his Church.

WES:

2:8 The voice - Christ's voice, the word of grace revealed outwardly in the gospel, and inwardly by the Spirit of God. Leaping - He saith, leaping and skipping, to denote that Christ came readily, and swiftly, with great desire and pleasure and adds, upon the mountains and hills, to signify Christ's resolution to come in spite of all difficulties.

MHC:

2:8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints had of Christ's coming in the flesh. He comes as pleased with his own undertaking. He comes speedily. Even when Christ seems to forsake, it is but for a moment; he will soon return with everlasting loving-kindness. The saints of old saw him, appearing through the sacrifices and ceremonial institutions. We see him through a glass darkly, as he manifests himself through the lattices. Christ invites the new convert to arise from sloth and despondency, and to leave sin and worldly vanities, for union and communion with him. The winter may mean years passed in ignorance and sin, unfruitful and miserable, or storms and tempests that accompanied his conviction of guilt and danger. Even the unripe fruits of holiness are pleasant unto Him whose grace has produced them. All these encouraging tokens and evidences of Divine favour, are motives to the soul to follow Christ more fully. Arise then, and come away from the world and the flesh, come into fellowship with Christ. This blessed change is owing wholly to the approaches and influences of the Sun of righteousness.

CONC:

Across Behold Beloved Bounding Climbing Dancing Hark Hills Leaping Listen Loved Lover Mountains Quickly Skipping Stepping Voice

Beloved Bounding Climbing Dancing Hark Hills Leaping Mountains Quickly Stepping Voice

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