Song of Songs 8:6-7
King James Version
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4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.Select Song of Songs 8:4
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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WEB
8:6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
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
8:6 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.
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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