Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers flood over it;
(A)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

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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.

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Las muchas aguas no podrán extinguir el amor,
Ni los ríos lo apagarán.
Si el hombre diera todos los bienes de su casa por amor,
Solo lograría desprecio(A)».

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Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[a] would be utterly scorned.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he