Song of Solomon 8
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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.1"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
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.2"I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!3"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.4"I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
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.5"Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" "Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth.
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.6"Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD.
7Many 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.7"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."
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?8"We 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 on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.9"If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."
10I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.10"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
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.11"Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
12My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.12"My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."
13O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.13"O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice-- Let me hear it!"
14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.14"Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices."
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