Song of Songs 8:6-7

New International Version

⁶Place 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]
⁷Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it^[c] would be utterly scorned.^(C)

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Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
Song of Songs 8:7 Or he

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

English Standard Version

⁶Set 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.
⁷Many 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.