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.
⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his ^(E)house,
    he^[c] would be utterly despised.

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.
⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his ^(E)house,
    he^[c] would be utterly despised.