| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise 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 and bring you to my mother's house-- she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. | 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 arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me. | 3His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. | 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 her beloved? She Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor 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. |
| 6Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. | 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. |
| 7Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one's house for love, it would be utterly scorned. | 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. |
| 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? | 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 towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar. | 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 are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment. | 10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace. |
| 11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels 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. |
| 12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit. | 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 with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! | 13You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it! |
| 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains. | 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. |
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