My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Parallel translations
- WEB My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
- BSB My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
- NKJV My beloved put his hand By the latch of the door, And my heart yearned for him.
- NASB “My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were stirred for him.
- NLT My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled within me.
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Quick answer
When her beloved reaches for the latch, her heart is stirred for him. It marks the awakening of her longing.
Overview
His hand at the latch opening rouses her affection and her heart pounds for him. Desire reawakens, though she had delayed. So the Lord's gracious approach can stir the heart again, awakening renewed longing in those who had grown slow to respond (Luke 24:32).
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 43:30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Song 1:4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
- Ps 110:3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- 2 Cor 8:16But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
- 1 Kgs 3:26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
- 2 Cor 8:1–2Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
- Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- 1 Jn 3:16–17Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- Isa 26:8–9Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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