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Song of Solomon 8

14 aligned verses; 14 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Oh that thou wert as my brother , That sucked the breasts of my mother ! `When' I should find thee without , I would kiss thee; Yea , and none would despise me.
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts ! If I found you outdoors , I would kiss you , and no one would despise me.
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 .
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me . I would give you spiced wine to drink , the nectar of my pomegranates .
His left hand `should be' under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my' love , Until he please .
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right .
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple - tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree ; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm : For love is strong as death ; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol ; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire , A very flame of Jehovah .
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm . For love is as strong as death , its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol . Its sparks are fiery flames , the fiercest blaze of all .
Many waters cannot quench love , Neither can floods drown it : If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned .
Mighty waters cannot quench love ; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned .
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?
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?
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver : And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers `thereof' Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers . So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
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.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon . He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit , each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
My vineyard , which is mine , is before me: Thou , O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you , O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit .
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice : Cause me to hear it .
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice . Let me hear it !
Make haste , my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Come away , my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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