Song of Solomon 8
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1O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.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.
2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.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.
3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.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.
6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.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.
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.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.
8We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?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?
9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.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.
10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.10I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
11Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.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.
12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.12My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.13O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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