Chapters

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Old Testament

New Testament

Song Of Solomon 8 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Maiden’s Fanciful Wish

1. How I wish that you were my little brother, who nursed upon my mother’s breasts! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me!

2. I would surely bring you to the house of my mother, who would surely teach me; I would give you spiced wine to drink, the sweet wine of my pomegranates.

Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration

3. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

4. I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!

Up from the Wilderness and under the Apple Tree

5. Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother conceived you; there she who was in labor gave birth to you.

The Nature of Genuine Romantic Love

6. Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; passion is fierce as Sheol; its flashes are flashes of fire; it is a blazing flame.

7. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.

Maiden’s Virtuous Chastity and Voluptuous Beauty

8. We have a little sister, and she does not yet have any breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day when she is betrothed?

9. If she is a wall, we will adorn her with a turret of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

10. I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers, so my betrothed viewed me with great delight.

Solomon’s Vineyard and the Maiden’s Gift

11. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he entrusted his vineyard to the keepers; people paid a thousand silver pieces for its fruit.

12. My own “vineyard” belongs to me; the “thousand” are for you, O Solomon, and “two hundred” for those who tend its fruit.

Closing Words of Mutual Love

13. O you who dwell in the garden, my companions are listening to your voice. Let me hear it!

14. Flee, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the perfumed mountains!