Song of Solomon 8:5-7

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁵ Who is this young woman coming from the wilderness
with her arm around her beloved?

Under the apple tree I woke you up.
There your mother went into labor with you.
There she went into labor
and gave birth to you!
⁶ Wear me as a signet ring on your heart,
as a ring on your hand.
Love is as overpowering as death.
Devotion is as unyielding as the grave.
Love’s flames are flames of fire,
flames that come from the Lord.
⁷ Raging water cannot extinguish love,
and rivers will never wash it away.
If a man exchanged all his family’s wealth for love,
people would utterly despise him.