Song of Songs 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

KJV

¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

WEB

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

ASV

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

LSV

The voice of my beloved! Behold, this—he is coming, || Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

YLT

The voice of my beloved! lo, this — he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

DBY

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

DRC

The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.

GNV

It is the voyce of my welbeloued: beholde, hee commeth leaping by the mountaines, and skipping by the hilles.

JPS

Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

LXXE

The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

ק֣וֹל דּוֹדִ֔י הִנֵּה־זֶ֖ה בָּ֑א מְדַלֵּג֙ עַל־הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים מְקַפֵּ֖ץ עַל־הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Φωνὴ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου, ἰδοὺ οὗτος ἥκει πηδῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη, διαλλόμενος ἐπὶ τοὺς βουνούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
• John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Song of Songs 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
• Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
• Acts 14:10In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
• Song of Songs 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• John 10:4–5When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize…
• Luke 3:4–6as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him. Every valley shall be filled in, and every…
• 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
• Acts 3:8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
• Isaiah 49:11–13I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up. Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.” Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O…
• Isaiah 40:3–4A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will…
• Isaiah 55:12–13You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow,…
• Jeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
• Isaiah 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in…

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