Song of Songs 2:9

Song of Songs 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; He is looking through the windows, Gazing through the lattice.

Context of Song of Songs 2:9

7Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right. 8Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room. 10My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one! 11Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone.

Song of Songs 2:9 word by word

דּוֹמֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ לִצְבִ֔י א֖וֹ לְעֹ֣פֶר הָֽאַיָּלִ֑ים הִנֵּה־זֶ֤ה עוֹמֵד֙ אַחַ֣ר כָּתְלֵ֔נוּ מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙ מִן־הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹת מֵצִ֖יץ מִן־הַֽחֲרַכִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · belovedH1730
• is likeדָּמָהdâmâh · to resembleH1819
• a roeצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• or a youngעֹ֫פֶר‛ôpher · fawnH6082
• hartאַיָּל'ayâl · deerH354
• behold, he standethעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• our wallכֹּ֫תֶלkôthel · wallH3796
• he looketh forthשָׁגַחshâgach · to gazeH7688
• at the windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• shewingצוּץtsûts · to gazeH6692
• himself through the latticeחֲרַכִּיםcherek · latticeH2762

Commentaries on Song of Songs 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He standeth behind our wall - This may refer to the wall by which the house was surrounded, the space between which and the house constituted the court. He was seen first behind the wall, and then in the court; and lastly came to the window of his bride's chamber.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints had of Christ's coming in the flesh. He comes as pleased with his own undertaking. He comes speedily. Even when Christ seems to forsake, it is but for a moment; he will soon return with everlasting loving-kindness. The saints of old saw him, appearing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10The man eagerly wants to be with the woman. He finally reaches his lover's home and takes her to the romantic countryside during the fresh spring. The woman compares the man to a gazelle, a fast and graceful animal that easily overcomes obstacles to reach its goal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. he standeth--after having bounded over the intervening space like a roe. He often stands near when our unbelief hides Him from us (Ge 28:16; Re 3:14-20). His usual way; long promised and expected; sudden at last: so, in visiting the second temple (Mal 3:1); so at Pentecost (Ac 2:1, 2); so in visiting an individual soul, Zaccheus (Lu 19:5, 6; Joh 3:8); and so, at the second coming (Mt 24:48, 50; 2Pe 3:4, 10). So it shall be at His second coming (1Th…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Tender
• Deer
• Gazelle
• House
• Shew, Show
• Roe, Roebuck
• Window

Commentaries on Song of Songs 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary