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<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 to protect 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><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>a thousand of silver</i><span class="thin"> </span>; 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">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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