Song of Solomon 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Song of Solomon 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Song of Solomon 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — World English Bible

Song of Solomon 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. ”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — American Standard Version

Song of Solomon 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“My beloved <FI>is<Fi> like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this--he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Song of Solomon 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice. ”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — Darby Translation

Song of Solomon 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“My welbeloued is like a roe, or a yong hart: loe, he standeth behinde our wall, looking forth of the windowes, shewing him selfe through the grates.”

Song of Solomon 2:9 — Geneva Bible

Song of Solomon 2:9 in Context — Song of Solomon 2

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;

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What Does Song of Solomon 2:9 Mean?

Song of Solomon 2:9 is a verse from the Book of Song of Solomon, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Song of Solomon chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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