| NET Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 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! | 1If 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. |
| 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. | 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 the juice of my pomegranate. |
| 3His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me. | 3May his left hand be under my head, and his right arm embrace me. |
| 4"Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!" | 4Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. |
| 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. | 5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on the one she loves? Woman I awakened you under the apricot tree. There your mother conceived you; there she conceived and gave you birth. |
| 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. | 6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love's flames are fiery flames--an almighty flame! |
| 7Surging 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. | 7A huge torrent cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned. |
| 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? | 8Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for? |
| 9If 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. | 9If she is a wall, we will build a silver barricade on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with cedar planks. |
| 10I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. | 10I am a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace. |
| 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. | 11Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased the vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for his fruit one thousand pieces of silver. |
| 12My 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. | 12I have my own vineyard. The one thousand are for you, Solomon, but two hundred for those who take care of its fruits. |
| 13O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it! | 13You who dwell in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice; let me hear you! |
| 14Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. | 14Run away with me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. |
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