Song of Solomon 8 (NET)

Song of Solomon 8:1¹Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you— surely no one would despise me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:2²I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:3³His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. The Beloved to the Maidens:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:4⁴I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!” The Maidens about His Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:5⁵Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:6⁶Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:7⁷Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised. The Beloved’s Brothers:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:8⁸We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:9⁹If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar. The Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:10¹⁰I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:11¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring 1,000 shekels of silver for its fruit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:12¹²My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and 200 shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit. The Lover to His Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:13¹³O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it! The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Song of Solomon 8:14¹⁴Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions