Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options
Close LEB

Song of Solomon 2:6-7
Lexham English Bible

Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration

6 His left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand embraces[a] me.
7 I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[b]
    by the gazelles or by the does of the field,
do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases![c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:6 Or “would embrace me”
  2. Song of Solomon 2:7 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
  3. Song of Solomon 2:7 Or “Do not stir up or awaken the love until it is willing,” or “Do not disturb or interrupt our lovemaking until it is satisfied”
Listen to Song of Songs 2:6-7
Close NIV

Song of Songs 2:6-7
New International Version

6 His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.(A)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(B)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(C)

Read full chapter
Next
Song of Solomon 1
Song of Solomon 3
Next
dropdown
Lexham English Bible (LEB)

2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV