Song of Solomon 8
1Oh 2 who nursed from the breasts of my mother! 1 If I found you outside, I would kiss you; 2 yes, and no one would despise me. 1
2I 2 who would instruct me. 1 I would have you drink spiced wine, 2 of the juice of my pomegranate. 1
3His 2 His right hand would embrace me. 1
4I 2 that you not stir up, nor awaken love, 2 until it so desires. Friends 1
5Who 2 leaning on her beloved? Beloved 1 Under the apple tree I awakened you. 2 There your mother conceived you. 2 There she was in labor and bore you. 1
6Set 2 as a seal on your arm; 2 for love is strong as death. 2 Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. + 8:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. 2 Its flashes are flashes of fire, 2 a very flame of the LORD. + 8:6 Hebrew: יה Yah 1
7Many 2 neither can floods drown it. 1 If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, 2 he would be utterly scorned. Brothers 1
8We 2 She has no breasts. 1 What shall we do for our sister 2 in the day when she is to be spoken for? 1
9If 2 we will build on her a turret of silver. 1 If she is a door, 2 we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved 1
10I 2 then I was in his eyes like one who found peace. 1
11Solomon 2 He leased out the vineyard to keepers. 2 Each was to bring a thousand shekels + 8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds. of silver for its fruit. 1
12My 2 The thousand are for you, Solomon, 2 two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover 1
13You 2 let me hear your voice! Beloved 1
14Come away 2 Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!