Font Size
Song of Solomon 7:11-8:4
English Standard Version
Song of Solomon 7:11-8:4
English Standard Version
The Bride Gives Her Love
11 (A)Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;[a]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
(B)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (C)the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (D)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(E)new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
Longing for Her Beloved
8 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
2 I would lead you and (F)bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you (G)spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3 (H)His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I (I)adjure you, O (J)daughters of Jerusalem,
(K)that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants
Song of Songs 7:11-8:4
New International Version
Song of Songs 7:11-8:4
New International Version
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[a]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(A)
to see if the vines have budded,(B)
if their blossoms(C) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(D) are in bloom(E)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(F) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(G)
8 If 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.
2 I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house(H)—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(I)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(J)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.