KJV King James Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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Song of Solomon 2:8
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
WEB World English Bible
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
ASV American Standard Version
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The voice of my beloved! lo, this—he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 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.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceדּוֹדִ֔יH1730 · dodbelovedהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdזֶ֖הH2088 · zehthisבָּ֑אH935 · boto come (in): comeמְדַלֵּג֙H1801 · da.lagto leapעַל־H5921 · aluponהֶ֣הָרִ֔יםH2022 · harmountain: mountמְקַפֵּ֖ץH7092 · qa.phatsto gatherעַל־H5921 · aluponהַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃H1389 · giv.ahGibeath-(elohim)
Cross-references
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:John 3:29He 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.Song of Solomon 2:17Until 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.Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!Acts 14:10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.Isaiah 55:12-13For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.Acts 3:8And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.Isaiah 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done [it]: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.Isaiah 40:3-4The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.Luke 3:4-6As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.Isaiah 49:11-13And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.John 10:4-5And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.Luke 6:23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
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