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I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth <i>that</i> bare thee.</p> <p class="hdg">Solomon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">The Friends</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">The Bride</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I <i>am</i> a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Solomon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear <i>it</i>.</p> <p class="hdg">The Bride</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../songs/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/songs/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>