Song of Solomon 2 · Verse 6

Song of Solomon 2:6

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Song of Solomon 2:6, King James Version

Song of Solomon 2:6 in other translations

BSBHis left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
WEBHis left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
ASVHis left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
YLTHis left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
DARBYHis left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
BBEHis left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.
WebsterHis left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

What does Song of Solomon 2:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. The "stay" she prayed for (So 2:5) is granted (De 33:12, 27; Psa 37:24; Is 41:16). None can pluck from that embrace (Joh 10:28-30). His hand keeps us from falling (Mt 14:30, 31); to it we may commit ourselves (Psa 31:5). left hand--the left is the inferior hand, by which the Lord less signally manifests His love, than by the right; the secret hand of ordinary providence, as distinguished from that of manifested grace (the "right"). They really go together, though sometimes they seem divided; here both are felt at once. Theodoret takes the left hand, equivalent to judgment and wrath; the right, equivalent to honor and love. The hand of justice no longer is lifted to smite, but is under the head of the believer to support (Is 42:21); the hand of Jesus Christ pierced by justice for our sin supports us. The charge not to disturb the beloved occurs thrice: but the sentiment here, "His left hand," &c., nowhere else fully; which accords with the intensity of joy (So 2:5) found nowhere else; in So 8:3, it is only conditional, "should embrace," not "doth."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:1-7

The mutual love of Christ and his church. (Song 2:1-7) The hope and calling of the church. (Song 2:8-13) Christ's care of the church, Her faith and hope. (Song 2:14-17) Verses 1-7 Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of his Spirit; and they thrive under the refreshing beams of the Sun of righteousness. The lily is a very noble plant in the East…

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Song of Solomon 2:6 in the original Hebrew

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שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙se.mo.Loleft [hand] hisH8040
תַּ֣חַתTa.chat[is] underH8478
לְרֹאשִׁ֔יle.ro.Shi<to> head myH7218
וִימִינ֖וֹvi.mi.Noand right [hand] hisH3225
תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי\׃te.cha.be.Ke.niit embraces meH2263

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Song of Solomon 2:6

  • 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. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. …

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Song of Solomon 8:3-5

    His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

  • 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.

  • Ephesians 5:25-29

    Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. …

  • Proverbs 4:8

    Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

  • 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 Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:3-5; Isa 54:5-10; 62:4,5; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Joh 3:29
Eph 5:25-29

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 2:5

    Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

  • Song of Solomon 2:6

    His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

  • Song of Solomon 2:7

    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.

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Song of Solomon 2:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Su izquierda esté debajo de mi cabeza, y su derecha me abrace.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sa main gauche est sous ma tête, et sa droite m’embrasse.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Linke ist unter meinem Haupte, und seine Rechte umfaßt mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Læva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me.