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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/songs/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>If only you were like a brother to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">like<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:1 The Heb. lacks like ">a</a></span> one who nursed at my mother’s breasts.</p> <p class="poetry2">If I found you outside I would kiss you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and no one would view me with contempt.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:1 i.e. think badly of me">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I would lead you,</p> <p class="poetry2">I would bring you</p> <p class="poetry2">to the house of my mother</p> <p class="poetry2">who used to teach me.</p> <p class="poetry2">I would give you some spiced wine to drink,</p> <p class="poetry2">from the juice of my pomegranates.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:2 Or some of my sweet pomegranate wine">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let his left hand be under my head,</p> <p class="poetry2">and let his right hand embrace me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem,</p> <p class="poetry2">that you won’t awaken or arouse love</p> <p class="poetry2">before its proper time!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:3 Lit. until it pleases">d</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The Young Women</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is this coming up from the desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">leaning on her beloved?</p> <p class="heading">The Loved One</p><p class="poetry2">Under the apple tree<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:5 Or apricot tree">e</a></span> I awakened you.</p> <p class="poetry2">There your mother had gone into labor with you;</p> <p class="poetry2">there she went into labor and gave birth to you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Set me like a seal<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 8:6 i.e. a cylinder seal or a signet ring used to indicate ownership or authority">f</a></span> over your heart,</p> <p class="poetry2">like a seal on your arm.</p> <p class="poetry2">For love is as strong as death,</p> <p class="poetry2">passion<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:6 Or jealousy">g</a></span> as intense as Sheol.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:6 i.e. the realm of the dead">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">The flames of love<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:6 Lit. its flames">i</a></span> are flames of fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">a blaze that comes from the LORD.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:6 Or an intense blaze">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love,</p> <p class="poetry2">rivers cannot put it out.</p> <p class="poetry2">If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,</p> <p class="poetry2">he would surely be viewed with contempt.</p> <p class="heading">The Loved One’s Brothers</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 i.e. the bride’s brothers">k</a></span> have a little sister,</p> <p class="poetry2">and she has not yet reached maturity.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 Lit. has no breasts">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">What will we do for our sister</p> <p class="poetry2">to prepare her for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 Lit. sister on the day when she’s spoken for">m</a></span> her engagement?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 Or marriage">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If she’s a wall,</p> <p class="poetry2">on her we will build a battlement of silver.</p> <p class="poetry2">If she’s a door,</p> <p class="poetry2">we will enclose her with planks of cedar.</p> <p class="heading">The Loved One</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I was a wall and my breasts were like towers.</p> <p class="poetry2">Then I became like one who finds peace<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:10 Or contentment">o</a></span> in his eyes.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Solomon has a vineyard in Baal-hamon.</p> <p class="poetry2">He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers—</p> <p class="poetry2">each one is to bring 1,000 pieces of silver</p> <p class="poetry2">in exchange for its fruit.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My vineyard belongs to me and is at my disposal.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:12 Lit. is before me">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,</p> <p class="poetry2">and 200 are for those who take care of its fruit.</p> <p class="heading">The Lover</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who sit in the gardens,</p> <p class="poetry2">companions are listening for your voice,</p> <p class="poetry2">but let me hear it.</p> <p class="heading">The Loved One</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle</p> <p class="poetry2">or a young stag on the mountains of spices.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 8:1 The Heb. lacks <i>like </i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 8:1 i.e. think badly of me<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 8:2 Or <i>some of my sweet pomegranate wine</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 8:3 Lit. <i>until it pleases</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 8:5 Or <i>apricot tree</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 8:6 i.e. a cylinder seal or a signet ring used to indicate ownership or authority<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 8:6 Or <i>jealousy</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 8:6 i.e. the realm of the dead<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 8:6 Lit. <i>its flames</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 8:6 Or <i>an intense blaze</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 8:8 i.e. the bride’s brothers<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 8:8 Lit. <i>has no breasts</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 8:8 Lit. <i>sister on the day when she’s spoken for</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 8:8 Or<i> marriage</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 8:10 Or <i>contentment</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 8:12 Lit. <i>is before me</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span 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