| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 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. | 1O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one 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 to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. |
| 3His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. | 3His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 4Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. Y | 4O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. |
| 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 this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth. |
| 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 over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. |
| 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. B | 7Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned. |
| 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 her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day 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. W | 9If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar. |
| 10I am a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace. | 10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings 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 in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. |
| 12I have my own vineyard. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, but 200 for those who guard its fruits. M | 12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit. |
| 13You who dwell in the gardens-- companions are listening for your voice-- let me hear you! W | 13You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are 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. | 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. |
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