Protestantism
English
¶The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! lo, this--he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
It is the voyce of my welbeloued: beholde, hee commeth leaping by the mountaines, and skipping by the hilles.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Look! Here ⌞he⌟1 comes leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills!
- Literally “this one”
The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
[M.] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Bounding upon the hills.
¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
[SHE] The voice of my beloved! Lo! here he cometh,—leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Catholicism
English
The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.
Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.12
- 2:8The word ‘dilectus’ (beloved) is masculine, so she is speaking about him. +The Return of Christ is referred to in this passage. First, the voice of Christ will be heard; then, the image of Christ will be seen; Christ will return from Heaven, descending from the clouds. The verse Nahum 1:15 also refers to Christ and Mary returning along the mountain tops: “Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the evangelizer and the announcer of peace.”(Conte)
- 2:8The voice of my beloved: that is, the preaching of the gospel surmounting difficulties figuratively here expressed by mountains and little hills.(Challoner)