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Song of Solomon 8

14 aligned verses; 14 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
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.
Who doth make thee as a brother to me , Sucking the breasts of my mother ? I find thee without, I kiss thee , Yea, they do not 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 lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me , I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine , Of the juice of my pomegranate ,
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 doth embrace me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love , until he please .
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please !
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.
Who ` is ' this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron- tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee , There she gave a pledge ` that ' bare thee.
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 .
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm , For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings ` are ' burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
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 .
Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.
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 breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister , In the day that it is told of her ?
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.
If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver . And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers : then was I in his eyes as one that found favour .
I ` am ' a wall, and my breasts as towers , Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace .
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers ; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers , Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;
My vineyard , which is mine, is before me : thou , O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
My vineyard -- my own -- is before me, The thousand `is' for thee , O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit . O dweller in gardens!
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice : cause me to hear it .
The companions are attending to thy voice , Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices .
Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices !

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