Song of Solomon Chapter 8 Back{8:1} Oh that you were like my
brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would
kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
{8:2} I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would have you
drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
{8:3} His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
{8:4} I adjure you, daughters of
Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends
{8:5} Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
{8:6} Set me as a seal on your
heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as
death.
Jealousy is as cruel as
Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of
fire, a very flame of
Yahweh.
{8:7} Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends
{8:8} We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?
{8:9} If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of
cedar. Beloved
{8:10} I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
{8:11} Solomon had a vineyard at
Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its
fruit.
{8:12} My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover
{8:13} You who dwell in the
gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved
{8:14} Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Song of Solomon Chapter 8 Back