Song of Solomon 8:3 (GNV)

Passage

His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 8:1 Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.

Song of Solomon 8:2 I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 8:3 His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Song of Solomon 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Ierusale, that you stir not vp, nor waken my loue, vntil she please.

Song of Solomon 8:5 (Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "left", "hand", "shalbe", "vnder", "mine", "head", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "left" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "I will leade thee and bring thee..." into verse 4's "I charge you O daughters of Ierusale...", so "left" and "hand" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "left" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.