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Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?

Under the apple-tree I awakened thee:
There thy mother was in travail with thee,
There was she in travail [a]that brought thee forth.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart,
As a seal upon thine arm:
For love is strong as death;
Jealousy is [b]cruel as Sheol;
The flashes thereof are flashes of fire,
[c]A very flame of [d]Jehovah.
Many waters cannot quench love,
Neither can floods drown it:
If a man would give all the substance of his house for love,
[e]He would utterly be contemned.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:5 Or, and
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew hard.
  3. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or, A most vehement flame
  4. Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew Jah.
  5. Song of Solomon 8:7 Or, It