Song of Songs 8

1 I would that you, O my kinsman, were he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found you without, I would kiss you; yes, they should not despise me.

O that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breast of my mother! When I found thee abroad, I might kiss thee; And for it no one would deride me.

2 I would take you, I would bring you into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make you to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.

I will lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, that thou mayst teach me; I will give thee spiced wine to drink, and the juice of my pomegranates.

3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraceth me.

4 I have charged you, you daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

[[Lov.]] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem! That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Till she please!

5 Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised you up under an apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she that bore you brought you forth.

[[Lad.]] Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? [[M.]] Under the apple-tree I awakened thee; There thy mother brought thee forth; There she that bore thee brought thee forth!

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, [even] the flames thereof. (Sheol h7585)

O set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm! For love is strong as death; True love is firm as the grave: Its flames are flames of fire, The fire of Jehovah. (Sheol h7585)

7 Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, [men] would utterly despise it.

Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can floods drown it. Would a man give all the wealth of his house for love, It would be utterly contemned.

8 Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for?

[[Br.]] We have a sister who is yet young; She is yet without breasts. What shall we do with our sister, When she shall be spoken for?

9 If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.

If she be a wall, We will build upon it a silver tower; If she be an open gate, We will inclose her with planks of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.

[[Sis.]] I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Therefore am I become in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

11 Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand [pieces] of silver.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard to keepers; Every one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

12 My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon [shall have] a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred.

My vineyard is before my eyes. Be thine the thousand, O Solomon! And two hundred to the keepers of its fruit!

13 You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice: make me hear [it].

[[Lov.]] Thou that dwellest in the gardens! Friends listen to thy voice; Let me hear thee!

14 Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.

Fly, my beloved! like a gazelle, or a young hind, Upon the mountains of spices.