Song of Solomon 8:4-8
English Standard Version
4 I (A)adjure you, O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
(C)that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5 (D)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as (E)a seal upon your arm,
for (F)love is strong as death,
(G)jealousy[a] is fierce as the grave.[b]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very (H)flame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his (I)house,
he[c] would be utterly despised.
Final Advice
Others
8 We have a little sister,
and she (J)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
- Song of Solomon 8:7 Or it
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