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
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