Song of Solomon 8 NKJV NLT Parallel

◄ Song of Solomon 8 ►

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1Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.

1Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.

2I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

2I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.

3His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.

3Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.

4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.

4Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right. Young Women of Jerusalem

5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth.

5Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? Young Woman I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.

6Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.

6Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.

7Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised.

7Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned. The Young Woman’s Brothers

8We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?

8We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?

9If she is a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she is a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar.

9If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar. Young Woman

10I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.

10I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.

11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins.

11Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit.

12My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred.

12But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines. Young Man

13You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it!

13O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too! Young Woman

14Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.

14Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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