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The Song of Solomon

⭑ King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha ⭑

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- Chapter 8 -

1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.(a)
2
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.(b)
5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

If only we could be undisturbed!

6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.(c)
7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Easy to conquer?

8
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.(d)

Richer than Solomon

11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Call only me

13
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.(e)

Footnotes

(a)8:1 I should not…: Heb. they should not despise me
(b)8:4 that…: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc
(c)8:6 cruel: Heb. hard
(d)8:10 favour: Heb. peace
(e)8:14 Make…: Heb. Flee away
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