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Song of Solomon 8:3-4
New Living Translation
Song of Solomon 8:3-4
New Living Translation
3 Your left arm would be under my head,
and your right arm would embrace me.
4 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[a]
Footnotes
- 8:4 Or not to awaken love until it is ready.
Song of Solomon 8:3-4
Lexham English Bible
Song of Solomon 8:3-4
Lexham English Bible
Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration
3 His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces[a] me.
4 I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[b]
do not[c] arouse or awaken love until it pleases![d]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:3 Or “embraced”
- Song of Solomon 8:4 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
- Song of Solomon 8:4 Or “Why must you … before it pleases?”
- Song of Solomon 8:4 Or “Do not stir up or awaken the love until it is willing,” or “Do not disturb or interrupt our lovemaking until it is satisfied”
New Living Translation (NLT)
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Lexham English Bible (LEB)
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