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, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you--surely 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 my mother's house, the one 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 caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.
4Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. Y4"Do not arouse 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 this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.
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 like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.
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. B7Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer 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 as yet 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 barricade 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 fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.
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 leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
12I have my own vineyard. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, but 200 for those who guard its fruits. M12My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
13You who dwell in the gardens-- companions are listening for your voice-- let me hear you! W13O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to 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! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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