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Song of Songs 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Lovers Speak

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“Oh H4310 H5414 that H4310 H5414 you were like a brother H251 to me

Who nursed H3243 at my mother’s H517 breasts H7699.

If I found H4672 you outdoors H2351, I would kiss H5401 you;

No H3808 one would despise H936 me, either H1571.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

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“I would lead H5090 you and bring H935 you

Into the house H1004 of my mother H517, who used to instruct H3925 me;

I would give H8248 you spiced H7544 wine H3196 to H8248 drink H8248 from the juice H6071 of my pomegranates H7416.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:3

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“Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218,

And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

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The Groom

“Swear H7650 to me, you daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389:

[fn]Do not disturb H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160

Until H5704 she pleases H2654.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:5

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The Chorus

“Who H4310 is this H2088 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057,

Leaning H7514 on her beloved H1730?”

The Bride

“Beneath H8478 the apple H8598 tree H8598 I awakened H5782 you;

There H8033 your mother H517 went H2254 into H2254 labor H2254 with you,

There H8033 she was H2254 in H2254 labor H2254 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

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“Put H7760 me like a seal H2368 over H5921 your heart H3820,

Like a seal H2368 on your arm H2220.

For love H160 is as strong H5794 as death H4194,

[fn]Jealousy H7068 is as severe H7186 as Sheol H7585;

Its flames H7565 are flames H7565 of fire H784,

[fn]The flame H7957 of the LORD H3050.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:7

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“Many H7227 waters H4325 cannot H3201 H3808 quench H3518 love H160,

Nor H3808 will rivers H5104 flood H7857 over H7857 it;

If H518 a man H376 were to give H5414 all H3605 the riches H1952 of his house H1004 for love H160,

It would be utterly H936 despised H936.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:8

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The Chorus

“We have a little H6996 sister H269,

And she has H369 no H369 breasts H7699;

What H4100 shall we do H6213 for our sister H269

On the day H3117 when H7945 she is spoken H1696 for?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

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“If H518 she is a wall H2346,

We will build H1129 on her a battlement H2918 of silver H3701;

But if H518 she is a door H1817,

We will barricade H6696 her with planks H3871 of cedar H730.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:10

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The Bride

“I was a wall H2346, and my breasts H7699 were like towers H4026;

Then H227 I became H1961 in his eyes H5869 as one who finds H4672 peace H7965.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:11

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“Solomon H8010 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 at Baal-hamon H1174;

He entrusted H5414 the vineyard H3754 to caretakers H5201.

Each H376 one H376 was to bring H935 a thousand H505 shekels of silver H3701 for its fruit H6529.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:12

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“My very H7945 own vineyard H3754 is [fn]at my disposal H6440;

The thousand H505 shekels are for you, Solomon H8010,

And two hundred H3967 are for those who take H5201 care H5201 of its fruit H6529.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:13

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The Groom

“You who sit H3427 in the gardens H1588:

My companions H2270 are listening H7181 for your voice H6963—

Let me hear H8085 it!”

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The Bride

“[fn]Hurry H1272, my beloved H1730,

And be H1819 like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag H354

On the mountains H2022 of balsam H1314 trees H1314!”

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit Why should you disturb or
Or Its passion is as inflexible
Another reading is A vehement flame
Lit before me
Lit Flee
Lit of the stags
NASB20

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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 1995 Legacy Standard Bible 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