His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
Parallel translations
- KJV His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- BSB His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
- NKJV His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.
- NASB “His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.”
- NLT His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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Quick answer
She pictures her beloved's embrace supporting and holding her. It conveys tender intimacy and security in his love.
Overview
His left hand cradles her head and his right embraces her, a picture of secure, affectionate closeness. Love here brings rest and protection. The believer finds similar security in the everlasting arms of the Lord, upheld by His care (Deut. 33:27).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Isa 54:5–10For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- Song 8:3–5His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
- Jer 32:41Yes, 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.”
- John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
- Isa 62:4–5You will not be called Forsaken any more; nor will your land be called Desolate any more: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
- Prov 4:8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
- Eph 5:25–29Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
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Christ at the center
The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.
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