Canticles 8:3
His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Challoner: His left handWords of the church to Christ. His left hand, signifying the Old Testament, and his right hand, the New.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Læva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐώνυμος αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλήν μου, καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ περιλήμψεταί με.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת רֹאשִׁ֔י וִֽימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי