Song of Solomon 8

Song of Solomon 8:1

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

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Song of Solomon 8:2

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

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Song of Solomon 8:3

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

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Song of Solomon 8:4

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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that ye stir not up , nor awake Heb. why should ye stir up , or , why awake , etc.

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

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Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

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cruel Heb. hard

Song of Solomon 8:7

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

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Song of Solomon 8:8

We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

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Song of Solomon 8:9

If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

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Song of Solomon 8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.

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Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

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Solomon Calmet thus translates these #### Verses . "Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he has let it out to keepers , each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. As for me , my vineyard is before me; keep thyself , O Solomon , thy thousand pieces of silver ," etc.

Song of Solomon 8:12

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

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Song of Solomon 8:13

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

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Song of Solomon 8:14

Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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