Song of Solomon 8 NLT NIV Parallel

◄ Song of Solomon 8 ►

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1Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.

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.

2I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.

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.

3Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.

3His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.

4Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right. Young Women of Jerusalem

4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

5Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? Young Woman I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.

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.

6Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.

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.

7Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned. The Young Woman’s Brothers

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.

8We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?

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 virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar. Young Woman

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.

10I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.

10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

11Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit.

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.

12But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines. Young Man

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.

13O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too! Young Woman

13You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!

14Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

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