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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Song of Solomon 8 KJV ESV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/songs/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/songs/">Songs</a> > Songs 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/7.shtml" title="Song of Solomon 7">◄</a> Song of Solomon 8 <a href="../isaiah/1.shtml" title="Isaiah 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">KJV Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/songs/8.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/songs/8.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/songs/8.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/songs/8.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/songs/8.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/songs/8.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/songs/8.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/songs/8.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/songs/8.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/songs/8.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/songs/8.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">O that thou <i>wert</i> as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! <i>when</i> I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I would lead thee, <i>and</i> bring thee into my mother's house, <i>who</i> would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother— she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His left hand <i>should be</i> under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake <i>my</i> love, until he please.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Who <i>is</i> this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth <i>that</i> bare thee.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love <i>is</i> strong as death; jealousy <i>is</i> cruel as the grave: the coals thereof <i>are</i> coals of fire, <i>which hath</i> a most vehement flame.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If she <i>be</i> a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she <i>be</i> a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I <i>am</i> a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand <i>pieces</i> of silver.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My vineyard, which <i>is</i> mine, <i>is</i> before me: thou, O Solomon, <i>must have</i> a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear <i>it</i>.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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