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Song of Songs 8 :: New International Version (NIV)

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1 If only you were to me like a brother,

who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!

Then, if I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

2 I would lead you

and bring you to my mother’s house—

she who has taught me.

I would give you spiced wine to drink,

the nectar of my pomegranates.

3 His left arm is under my head

and his right arm embraces me.

4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

Friends

5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness

leaning on her beloved?

She

Under the apple tree I roused you;

there your mother conceived you,

there she who was in labor gave you birth.

6 Place me like a seal over your heart,

like a seal on your arm;

for love is as strong as death,

its jealousy[fn] unyielding as the grave.

It burns like blazing fire,

like a mighty flame.[fn]

7 Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If one were to give

all the wealth of one’s house for love,

it[fn] would be utterly scorned.

Friends

8 We have a little sister,

and her breasts are not yet grown.

What shall we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

9 If she is a wall,

we will build towers of silver on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

She

10 I am a wall,

and my breasts are like towers.

Thus I have become in his eyes

like one bringing contentment.

11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;

he let out his vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for its fruit

a thousand shekels[fn] of silver.

12 But my own vineyard is mine to give;

the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

and two hundred[fn] are for those who tend its fruit.

He

13 You who dwell in the gardens

with friends in attendance,

let me hear your voice!

She

14 Come away, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or like a young stag

on the spice-laden mountains.

See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Or ardor
Or fire, / like the very flame of the LORD
Or he
That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
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