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Song of Songs 8 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 -

If only I could treat you like my brother,[fn]

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 -

I would lead you, I would take you,

to the house of my mother who taught me.[fn]

I would give you spiced wine to drink

from the juice of my pomegranate.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3 -

May his left hand be under my head,

and his right arm embrace me.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 -

Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

leaning on the one she loves?

I awakened you under the apricot tree.

There your mother conceived you;

there she conceived and gave you birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

Set me as a seal on your heart,

as a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death;

jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol.

Love’s flames are fiery flames —

an almighty flame![fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 -

A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all his wealth[fn] for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 -

Our sister is young;

she has no breasts.

What will we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 -

If she is a wall,

we will build a silver barricade on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with cedar planks.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 -

I am[fn] a wall

and my breasts like towers.

So to him I have become

like one who finds[fn] peace.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 -

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.

He leased the vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for his fruit

one thousand pieces of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 -

I have my own vineyard.[fn]

The one thousand are for you, Solomon,

but two hundred for those who take care of its fruits.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13 -

You[fn] who dwell in the gardens,

companions are listening for your voice;

let me hear you!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 -

Run away with me,[fn] my love,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag

on the mountains of spices.

CSB Footnotes
Lit Would that you were like a brother to me
LXX adds and into the chamber of the one who bore me
Or the blaze of the Lord
Lit all the wealth of his house
Or was
Or brings
In Hb, the word for peace sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.
Lit My vineyard, which is mine, is before me ; Sg 1:6
In Hb, the word for You is feminine.
Lit Flee
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