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

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The Power and Preciousness of Love

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“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.”

See the LSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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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Song of Songs Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras