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.1If only you were like a brother to me, like one who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outside I would kiss you, and no one would view me with contempt.
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.2I would lead you, I would bring you to the house of my mother who used to teach me. I would give you some spiced wine to drink, from the juice of my pomegranates.
3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!3Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.
4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.4Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time!
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.5Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother had gone into labor with you; there she went into labor and gave birth to you.
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.6Set me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion as intense as Sheol. The flames of love are flames of fire, a blaze that comes from 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.7Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love, rivers cannot put it out. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would surely be viewed with contempt.
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?8We have a little sister, and she has not yet reached maturity. What will we do for our sister to prepare her for her engagement?
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.9If she's a wall, on her we will build a battlement of silver. If she's a door, we will enclose 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.10I was a wall and my breasts were like towers. Then I became like one who finds peace in his eyes.
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.11Solomon has a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers— each one is to bring 1,000 pieces of silver in exchange 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.12My vineyard belongs to me and is at my disposal. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, and 200 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.13You who sit in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice, but let me hear it.
14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.14Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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