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Song of Songs 8:7

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5Who 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.Select Song of Songs 8:5

6Set 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.Select Song of Songs 8:6

7Many 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.Select Song of Songs 8:7

8We 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?Select Song of Songs 8:8

9If 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.Select Song of Songs 8:9

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8:7 Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends

ASV

8:7 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.

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