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Song of Songs 8 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Power and Preciousness of Love

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 -

“Oh that you were like a brother to me

Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.

If I found you outside, I would kiss you;

No one would despise me, either.

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“I would lead you and bring you

Into the house of my mother, who used to teach me;

I would give you spiced wine to drink from the sweet wine of my pomegranates.

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“Let his left hand be under my head

And his right hand embrace me.”

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[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

[fn]Why should you arouse or awaken my love

Until [fn]she pleases?”

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[fn]Who is this coming up from the wilderness

Leaning on her beloved?”

[fn]Beneath the [fn]apple tree I awakened you;

There your mother was in labor with you;

There she was in labor and gave you birth.

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“Put me like a [fn]seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death,

[fn]Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

[fn]The very flame of [fn]Yah.

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“Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor will rivers overflow it;

If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,

It would be utterly despised.”

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[fn]We have a little sister,

And she has no breasts;

What shall we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for?

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“If she is a wall,

We will build on her a battlement of silver;

But if she is a door,

We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”

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[fn]I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers;

Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

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“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

He gave the vineyard to caretakers.

Each one was to bring [fn]one thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

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“My very own vineyard is before me;

The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

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[fn]O you who sit in the gardens,

My companions are giving heed to your voice

Let me hear it!”

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[fn],[fn]Hurry, my beloved,

And be like a gazelle or a young [fn]stag

On the mountains of spices.”

LSB Footnotes
BRIDEGROOM
Or Do not arouse
Or it
CHORUS
BRIDE
Or apricot
Or signet
Or Its ardor is as inflexible
Or A vehement flame
The shortened form of Yahweh, found in poetry and praise (e.g. Hallelujah), and in names (e.g. Zechariah)
CHORUS
BRIDE
Approx. 25 lb. or 11.3 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
BRIDEGROOM
BRIDE
Lit Flee
Lit of the stags
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