34 For jealousy(A) arouses a husband’s fury,(B)
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

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34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?(A)

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Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

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And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love(A) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy[a](B) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
  2. Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord

Set 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.

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