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Song of Songs 2:3-7
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Song of Songs 2:3-7
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3 Like an apple[a] tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved(A) among the young men.
I delight(B) to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.(C)
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,(D)
and let his banner(E) over me be love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,(F)
for I am faint with love.(G)
6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.(H)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(I)
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(J)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs
Song of Solomon 2:3-7
King James Version
Song of Solomon 2:3-7
King James Version
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
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Song of Songs 8:3-7
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Song of Songs 8:3-7
New International Version
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(A)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(B)
Friends
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness(C)
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived(D) 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(E) is as strong as death,
its jealousy[a](F) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.[b]
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[c] would be utterly scorned.(G)
Footnotes
- 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 Solomon 8:3-7
King James Version
Song of Solomon 8:3-7
King James Version
3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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