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Set me as a seal on your heart,
    as a seal on your arm;
    for love is strong as death.
    Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.[a]
    Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    a very flame of Yahweh.[b]
Many waters can’t quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,
    he would be utterly scorned.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.
  2. 8:6 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm.(A)
For love is as strong as death;(B)
jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol.
Love’s flames are fiery flames(C)
an almighty flame![a]
A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If a man were to give all his wealth[b] for love,(D)
it would be utterly scorned.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:6 Or the blaze of the Lord
  2. 8:7 Lit all the wealth of his house