SongofSolomon - Chapter 8 | New King James Version

  • 1. Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.
  • 2. I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
  • 3. (To the Daughters of Jerusalem) His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.
  • 4. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
  • 5. A Relative Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth.
  • 6. The Shulamite to Her Beloved Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; {cf2super [13]} Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement {cf2super [14]} flame.
  • 7. Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised.
  • 8. The Shulamite's Brothers We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?
  • 9. If she is a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she is a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar.
  • 10. The Shulamite I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
  • 11. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins.
  • 12. (To Solomon) My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
  • 13. The Beloved You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice-- Let me hear it!
  • 14. The Shulamite Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.
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