“Put me like a [a]seal over your heart,
Like a (A)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
[b](B)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
[c]The very flame of the Lord.
“Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
(C)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

[d]We have a little sister,
And she (D)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or signet
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or Its ardor is as inflexible
  3. Song of Solomon 8:6 Another reading is A vehement flame
  4. Song of Solomon 8:8 CHORUS