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The Nature of Genuine Romantic Love

Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death;
    passion is fierce as Sheol;
its flashes are flashes of fire;
    it is a blazing flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.[a]
If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,[b]
    he would be utterly scorned.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:7 Or “and rivers cannot engulf it”
  2. Song of Solomon 8:7 Literally “in the love”
  3. Song of Solomon 8:7 Literally “they will utterly scorn him”

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.