Song of Songs 7:10-8:14
New International Version
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(A) is for me.(B)
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(C)
to see if the vines have budded,(D)
if their blossoms(E) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(F) are in bloom(G)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(H) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(I)
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(J)—
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.(K)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(L)
Friends
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness(M)
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived(N) you,
there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love(O) is as strong as death,
its jealousy[b](P) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.[c]
7 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[d] would be utterly scorned.(Q)
Friends
8 We have a little sister,
and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
She
10 I am a wall,
and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard(R) in Baal Hamon;
he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
a thousand shekels[e](S) of silver.
12 But my own vineyard(T) is mine to give;
the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
and two hundred[f] are for those who tend its fruit.
He
13 You who dwell in the gardens
with friends in attendance,
let me hear your voice!
She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
- Song of Songs 8:7 Or he
- Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
- Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
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