Song of Solomon 8

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Song of Solomon 8

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If only I could treat you like my brother,^(a)
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.

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I would lead you, I would take you,
to the house of my mother^(A) who taught me.^(b)
I would give you spiced wine to drink
from my pomegranate juice.

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His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.^(B)

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Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.^(C)

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Y Who is this^(D) coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on the one she loves?

W I awakened you under the apricot tree.^(E)
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.

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Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm.^(F)
For love is as strong as death;^(G)
ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol.
Love’s flames are fiery flames^(H)—
the fiercest of all.^(c)

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Mighty waters cannot extinguish love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If a man were to give all his wealth^(d) for love,^(I)
it would be utterly scorned.

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B Our sister is young;
she has no breasts.^(J)
What will we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?

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If she is a wall,
we will build a silver parapet on it.
If she is a door,
we will enclose it with cedar planks.^(e)^(K)

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W I am^(f) a wall
and my breasts like towers.
So in his eyes I have become
like one who finds peace.^(g)

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Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.^(L)
He leased the vineyard to tenants.^(M)
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.^(N)

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I have my own vineyard.^(h)^(O)
The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,
but 200 for those who guard its fruits.

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M You⁽ⁱ⁾ who dwell in the gardens—
companions^(P) are listening for your voice—
let me hear you!^(Q)

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W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.^(R)

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 8:1: Lit Would that you were like a brother to me

b. Song of Solomon 8:2: LXX adds and into the chamber of the one who bore me

c. Song of Solomon 8:6: Or the blaze of the Lord

d. Song of Solomon 8:7: Lit all the wealth of his house

e. Song of Solomon 8:9: Vv. 8-9 may record what the girl’s brothers used to say.

f. Song of Solomon 8:10: Or was

g. Song of Solomon 8:10: In Hb, the word for peace sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.

h. Song of Solomon 8:12: Lit My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; Sg 1:6

i. Song of Solomon 8:13: In Hb, the word for You is feminine.

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 8:2: Song of Solomon 3:4

B. Song of Solomon 8:3: Song of Solomon 2:6

C. Song of Solomon 8:4: Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5

D. Song of Solomon 8:5: Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 6:10

E. Song of Solomon 8:5: Song of Solomon 2:3

F. Song of Solomon 8:6: Song of Solomon 2:16; Song of Solomon 6:3; Song of Solomon 7:10

G. Song of Solomon 8:6: Romans 8:38-39; 1 Corinthians 13:8

H. Song of Solomon 8:6: Deuteronomy 32:21-22; Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 27:4

I. Song of Solomon 8:7: Proverbs 6:35

J. Song of Solomon 8:8: Ezekiel 16:7

K. Song of Solomon 8:9: 1 Kings 6:15

L. Song of Solomon 8:11: Ecclesiastes 2:4

M. Song of Solomon 8:11: Matthew 21:33

N. Song of Solomon 8:11: Isaiah 7:23

O. Song of Solomon 8:12: Song of Solomon 1:6

P. Song of Solomon 8:13: Song of Solomon 1:7

Q. Song of Solomon 8:13: Song of Solomon 2:14

R. Song of Solomon 8:14: Song of Solomon 2:17