Song of Solomon 8:3
8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
KJV
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
What does Song of Solomon 8:3 mean?
Song of Solomon 8:3 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שְׂמֹאול (sᵉmôʼwl), רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh), יָמִין (yâmîyn). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
Hebrew interlinear
Full chapter interlinear →Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:3
HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 8:3
Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. cruel: Heb. hard
John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 8:3.
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
2 Chronicles 3:17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. Jachin: that is, He shall establish Boaz: that is, In it is strength
Deuteronomy 17:11According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 17:20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deuteronomy 5:32Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Frequently asked questions
What does Song of Solomon 8:3 say?
Song of Solomon 8:3 (King James Version) reads: "His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me."
Is Song of Solomon 8:3 in the Old or New Testament?
Song of Solomon 8:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.
Reflect
As you read Song of Solomon 8:3, what is one truth here you can carry into today?
Plan a sermon or study on Song of Solomon 8:3 →