Song of Songs 2:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And 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 2:17 : 17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer upon the mountains of Bether.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, 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.
  • Isa 35:6 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
  • Isa 40:3-4 : 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth;
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
  • Isa 49:11-13 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up. 12 Behold, these shall come from afar: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace; who brings good news of good, who proclaims salvation; who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
  • Isa 55:12-13 : 12 For you 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. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
  • Jer 48:27 : 27 For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He 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. Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.
  • John 10:4-5 : 4 And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • Acts 3:8 : 8 And he, leaping up, stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
  • Acts 14:10 : 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and walked.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
  • Luke 6:23 : 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

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    11 For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

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  • Song 8:13-14
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    13 You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.

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  • Song 2:16-17
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    16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

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  • 7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

  • Song 3:2-6
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    2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.

    3 The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

    4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

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    5 Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

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    7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

    8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

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    10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

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    1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

    2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

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    4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

    5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.

  • 6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

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    8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

    9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

    10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

  • Song 1:7-9
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    7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

    8 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

    9 I have compared you, my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

  • 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

  • 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • 4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

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