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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"><title>Song of Solomon 8 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.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="../">BSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/7.htm" title="Song of Solomon 7">◄</a> Song of Solomon 8 <a href="../isaiah/1.htm" 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/songs/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Longing for Her Beloved<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O that you were to me like a brother <p class="indent2"> who nursed at my mother’s breasts! <p class="indent1"> If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, <p class="indent2"> and no one would despise me. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I would lead you and bring you <p class="indent2"> to the house of my mother who taught me. <p class="indent1"> I would give you spiced wine to drink, <p class="indent2"> the nectar of my pomegranates. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>His left hand is under my head, <p class="indent2"> and his right arm embraces me. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: <p class="indent2"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <A name="6"></a><p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is this coming up from the wilderness, <p class="indent2"> leaning on her beloved? <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"> I roused you under the apple tree; <p class="indent2"> there your mother conceived you; <p class="indent2"> there she travailed and brought you forth. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Set me as a seal over your heart, <p class="indent2"> as a seal upon your arm. <p class="indent1"> For love is as strong as death, <p class="indent2"> its jealousy<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> as unrelenting as Sheol. <p class="indent1"> Its sparks are fiery flames, <p class="indent2"> the fiercest blaze of all. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Mighty waters cannot quench love; <p class="indent2"> rivers cannot sweep it away. <p class="indent1"> If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, <p class="indent2"> his offer would be utterly scorned. <A name="9"></a><p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We have a little sister, <p class="indent2"> and her breasts are not yet grown. <p class="indent1"> What shall we do for our sister <p class="indent2"> on the day she is spoken for? <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If she is a wall, <p class="indent2"> we will build a tower of silver upon her. <p class="indent1"> If she is a door, <p class="indent2"> we will enclose her with panels of cedar. <A name="11"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am a wall, <p class="indent2"> and my breasts are like towers. <p class="indent1"> So I have become in his eyes <p class="indent2"> like one who brings peace. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. <p class="indent2"> He leased it to the tenants. <p class="indent1"> For its fruit, each was to bring <p class="indent2"> a thousand shekels of silver.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But my own vineyard is mine to give; <p class="indent2"> the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, <p class="indent2"> and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit. <A name="14"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who dwell in the gardens, <p class="indent2"> my companions are listening for your voice. <p class="indent2"> Let me hear it! <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Come away, my beloved, <p class="indent2"> and be like a gazelle <p class="indent1"> or a young stag <p class="indent2"> on the mountains of spices.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>passion</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>a thousand of silver</i>; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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