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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 that you were like a brother to me

Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.

If I found you outdoors, 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 instruct me;

I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice 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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The Groom

“Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem:

[fn]Do not disturb or awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

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The Chorus

“Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

Leaning on her beloved?”

The Bride

“Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;

There your mother went into labor with you,

There she was in labor and gave birth to you.

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“Put me like a 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 flames are flames of fire,

[fn]The flame of the LORD.

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“Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor will rivers flood over it;

If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,

It would be utterly despised.”

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The Chorus

“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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The Bride

“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 entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.

Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

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

The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

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

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The Groom

“You who sit in the gardens:

My companions are listening for your voice—

Let me hear it!”

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The Bride

“[fn]Hurry, my beloved,

And be like a gazelle or a young [fn]stag

On the mountains of balsam trees!”

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

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

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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