Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Print Page Options Listen to Song of Solomon 8:6
Close KJV

Song of Solomon 8:6
King James Version

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.

Read full chapter
Listen to Song of Songs 8:6
Close NIV

Song of Songs 8:6
New International Version

6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love(A) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy[a](B) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
  2. Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
Listen to Song of Solomon 8:6
Close ESV

Song of Solomon 8:6
English Standard Version

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as (A)a seal upon your arm,
for (B)love is strong as death,
    (C)jealousy[a] is fierce as the grave.[b]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    the very (D)flame of the Lord.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
Listen to Song of Songs 8:6
Close CSB

Song of Songs 8:6
Christian Standard Bible

6 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]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 8:6 Or the blaze of the Lord
Listen to Song of Solomon 8:6
Close NASB1995

Song of Solomon 8:6
New American Standard Bible 1995

6 “Put me like a [a]seal over your heart,
Like a (A)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
[b](B)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
[c]The very flame of the Lord.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or signet
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or Its ardor is as inflexible
  3. Song of Solomon 8:6 Another reading is A vehement flame
Next
Song of Solomon 7
Isaiah 1
Next
dropdown
King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV

English Standard Version (ESV)

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.

ESV Study Bible
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible is made available by The Lockman Foundation