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Song of Solomon 8:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Song of Solomon 8:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.(A)
5 Y Who is this(B) coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on the one she loves?
W I awakened you under the apricot tree.(C)
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.
6 Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm.(D)
For love is as strong as death;(E)
ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol.
Love’s flames are fiery flames(F)—
the fiercest of all.[a]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or the blaze of the Lord
Song of Songs 8:4-6
New International Version
Song of Songs 8:4-6
New International Version
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(A)
Friends
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness(B)
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived(C) 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(D) is as strong as death,
its jealousy[a](E) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.[b]
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
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