8:1 | O that <05414> (8799) thou [wert] as my brother <0251>, that sucked <03243> (8802) the breasts <07699> of my mother <0517>! [when] I should find <04672> (8799) thee without <02351>, I would kiss <05401> (8799) thee; yea, I should not be despised <0936> (8799). {I should not...: Heb. they should not despise me} |
8:2 | I would lead <05090> (8799) thee, [and] bring <0935> (8686) thee into my mother's <0517> house <01004>, [who] would instruct <03925> (8762) me: I would cause thee to drink <08248> (8686) of spiced <07544> wine <03196> of the juice <06071> of my pomegranate <07416>. |
8:3 | His left hand <08040> [should be] under my head <07218>, and his right hand <03225> should embrace <02263> (8762) me. |
8:4 | I charge <07650> (8689) you, O daughters <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, that ye stir not up <05782> (8686), nor awake <05782> (8787) [my] love <0160>, until he please <02654> (8799). {that...: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc} |
8:5 | Who [is] this that cometh up <05927> (8802) from the wilderness <04057>, leaning <07514> (8693) upon her beloved <01730>? I raised <05782> (8790) thee up under the apple tree <08598>: there thy mother <0517> brought thee forth <02254> (8765): there she brought thee forth <02254> (8765) [that] bare <03205> (8804) thee. |
8:6 | Set <07760> (8798) me as a seal <02368> upon thine heart <03820>, as a seal <02368> upon thine arm <02220>: for love <0160> [is] strong <05794> as death <04194>; jealousy <07068> [is] cruel <07186> as the grave <07585>: the coals <07565> thereof [are] coals <07565> of fire <0784>, [which hath a] most vehement flame <07957>. {cruel: Heb. hard} |
8:7 | Many <07227> waters <04325> cannot <03201> (8799) quench <03518> (8763) love <0160>, neither can the floods <05104> drown <07857> (8799) it: if [a] man <0376> would give <05414> (8799) all the substance <01952> of his house <01004> for love <0160>, it would utterly <0936> (8800) be contemned <0936> (8799). |
8:8 | We have a little <06996> sister <0269>, and she hath no breasts <07699>: what shall we do <06213> (8799) for our sister <0269> in the day <03117> when she shall be spoken for <01696> (8792)? |
8:9 | If she [be] a wall <02346>, we will build <01129> (8799) upon her a palace <02918> of silver <03701>: and if she [be] a door <01817>, we will inclose <06696> (8799) her with boards <03871> of cedar <0730>. |
8:10 | I [am] a wall <02346>, and my breasts <07699> like towers <04026>: then was I in his eyes <05869> as one that found <04672> (8802) favour <07965>. {favour: Heb. peace} |
8:11 | Solomon <08010> had a vineyard <03754> at Baalhamon <01174>; he let out <05414> (8804) the vineyard <03754> unto keepers <05201> (8802); every one <0376> for the fruit <06529> thereof was to bring <0935> (8686) a thousand <0505> [pieces] of silver <03701>. |
8:12 | My vineyard <03754>, which [is] mine, [is] before <06440> me: thou, O Solomon <08010>, [must have] a thousand <0505>, and those that keep <05201> (8802) the fruit <06529> thereof two hundred <03967>. |
8:13 | Thou that dwellest <03427> (8802) in the gardens <01588>, the companions <02270> hearken <07181> (8688) to thy voice <06963>: cause me to hear <08085> (8685) [it]. |
8:14 | Make haste <01272> (8798), my beloved <01730>, and be thou like <01819> (8798) to a roe <06643> or to a young <06082> hart <0354> upon the mountains <02022> of spices <01314>. {Make...: Heb. Flee away} |