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World English Bible

Song of Solomon 8 (WEBP)

[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.
[2] I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
[3] His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
[4] I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
[5] Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
[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 Yah.
[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.
[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?
[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.
[10] I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
[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.
[12] My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.
[13] You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
[14] Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

Song of Solomon 8:6a Sheol is the place of the dead.
Song of Solomon 8:6b “Yah” is a short form of “Yahweh”, which is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Song of Solomon 8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Song of Solomon 8 (KJVS)

[1] O that () thou wert as my brother, That sucked () the breasts of my mother! When I should find () thee without, I would kiss () thee; Yea, I should not be despised. ()
[2] I would lead () thee, And bring () thee into my mother’s house, Who would instruct () me: I would cause thee to drink () of spiced wine Of the juice of my pomegranate.
[3] His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace () me.
[4] I charge () you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, () nor awake () my love, Until he please. ()
[5] Who is this that cometh up () from the wilderness, Leaning () upon her beloved? I raised () thee up under the apple tree: There thy mother brought thee forth: () There she brought thee forth () that bare () thee.
[6] Set () me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.
[7] 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. ()
[8] 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? ()
[9] If she be a wall, We will build () upon her a palace of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose () her with boards of cedar.
[10] I am a wall, And my breasts like towers: Then was I in his eyes As one that found () favour.
[11] Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; He let out () the vineyard unto keepers; () Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring () a thousand pieces of silver.
[12] My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, And those that keep () the fruit thereof two hundred.
[13] Thou that dwellest () in the gardens, The companions hearken () to thy voice: Cause me to hear () it.
[14] Make haste, () my beloved, And be thou like () to a roe Or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Song of Solomon 8:1 Heb. they should not despise me
Song of Solomon 8:4 Heb. why should ye stir up, or why, etc.?
Song of Solomon 8:6 Heb. hard
Song of Solomon 8:10 Heb. peace
Song of Solomon 8:14 Heb. flee away

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Song of Solomon 8 (BYZ)

[1] Τίς () δῴη () σε () ἀδελφιδόν μου () θηλάζοντα () μαστοὺς () μητρός () μου; () Εὑροῦσά () σε () ἔξω () φιλήσω () σε, () καί () γε () οὐκ () ἐξουδενώσουσίν () μοι. ()
[2] Παραλήμψομαί () σε, () εἰσάξω () σε () εἰς () οἶκον () μητρός () μου () καὶ () εἰς () ταμίειον () τῆς () συλλαβούσης () με· () ποτιῶ () σε () ἀπὸ () οἴνου () τοῦ () μυρεψικοῦ, ἀπὸ () νάματος ῥοῶν μου. ()
[3] Εὐώνυμος () αὐτοῦ () ὑπὸ () τὴν () κεφαλήν () μου, () καὶ () ἡ () δεξιὰ () αὐτοῦ () περιλήμψεταί με. ()
[4] Ὥρκισα () ὑμᾶς, () θυγατέρες () Ιερουσαλημ, () ἐν () ταῖς () δυνάμεσιν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἰσχύσεσιν () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ, () τί () ἐγείρητε () καὶ () τί () ἐξεγείρητε () τὴν () ἀγάπην, () ἕως () ἂν () θελήσῃ. ()
[5] Τίς () αὕτη () ἡ () ἀναβαίνουσα () λελευκανθισμένη ἐπιστηριζομένη () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ἀδελφιδὸν αὐτῆς; () Ὑπὸ () μῆλον ἐξήγειρά () σε· () ἐκεῖ () ὠδίνησέν () σε () ἡ () μήτηρ () σου, () ἐκεῖ () ὠδίνησέν () σε () ἡ () τεκοῦσά () σου. ()
[6] Θές () με () ὡς () σφραγῖδα () ἐπὶ () τὴν () καρδίαν () σου, () ὡς () σφραγῖδα () ἐπὶ () τὸν () βραχίονά () σου· () ὅτι () κραταιὰ () ὡς () θάνατος () ἀγάπη, () σκληρὸς () ὡς () ᾅδης () ζῆλος· () περίπτερα αὐτῆς () περίπτερα πυρός, () φλόγες () αὐτῆς· ()
[7] ὕδωρ () πολὺ () οὐ () δυνήσεται () σβέσαι () τὴν () ἀγάπην, () καὶ () ποταμοὶ () οὐ () συγκλύσουσιν αὐτήν· () ἐὰν () δῷ () ἀνὴρ () τὸν () πάντα () βίον () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () ἀγάπῃ, () ἐξουδενώσει ἐξουδενώσουσιν () αὐτόν. ()
[8] Ἀδελφὴ () ἡμῖν () μικρὰ () καὶ () μαστοὺς () οὐκ () ἔχει· () τί () ποιήσωμεν () τῇ () ἀδελφῇ () ἡμῶν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἐὰν () λαληθῇ () ἐν () αὐτῇ; ()
[9] Εἰ () τεῖχός () ἐστιν, () οἰκοδομήσωμεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () ἐπάλξεις ἀργυρᾶς· () καὶ () εἰ () θύρα () ἐστίν, () διαγράψωμεν ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () σανίδα () κεδρίνην.
[10] Ἐγὼ () τεῖχος, () καὶ () μαστοί () μου () ὡς () πύργοι· () ἐγὼ () ἤμην () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () εὑρίσκουσα () εἰρήνην. ()
[11] Ἀμπελὼν () ἐγενήθη () τῷ () Σαλωμων ἐν () Βεελαμων· ἔδωκεν () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνα () αὐτοῦ () τοῖς () τηροῦσιν, () ἀνὴρ () οἴσει () ἐν () καρπῷ () αὐτοῦ () χιλίους () ἀργυρίου. ()
[12] Ἀμπελών () μου () ἐμὸς () ἐνώπιόν () μου· () οἱ () χίλιοι () σοί, () Σαλωμων, καὶ () οἱ () διακόσιοι () τοῖς () τηροῦσι () τὸν () καρπὸν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[13] Ὁ () καθήμενος () ἐν () κήποις, () ἑταῖροι () προσέχοντες () τῇ () φωνῇ () σου· () ἀκούτισόν με. ()
[14] Φύγε, () ἀδελφιδέ μου, () καὶ () ὁμοιώθητι () τῇ () δορκάδι ἢ () τῷ () νεβρῷ τῶν () ἐλάφων ἐπὶ () ὄρη () ἀρωμάτων. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.