Song of Solomon 8
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1 If only I could treat you like my brother, one who nursed at my mother's breasts, I would find you in public and kiss you, and no one would scorn me. 1Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
2I would lead you, I would take you, to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink from my pomegranate juice. 2I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother— she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
3His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. 3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
4Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. Y4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on the one she loves? W I awakened you under the apricot tree. There your mother conceived you; there she conceived and gave you birth. 5Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love's flames are fiery flames-- the fiercest of all. 6Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.
7Mighty waters cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned. B7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
8Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for? 8We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall, we will build a silver parapet on it. If she is a door, we will enclose it with cedar planks. W9If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
10I am a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace. 10I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
11Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased the vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for his fruit 1,000 pieces of silver. 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
12I have my own vineyard. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, but 200 for those who guard its fruits. M12My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
13You who dwell in the gardens-- companions are listening for your voice-- let me hear you! W13O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
14Hurry to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. 14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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