Berean Standard Bible
Song of Songs 8:1-8
1O 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.2I 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.
3His left hand is under my head,and his right arm embraces me.4O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you:Do not arouse or awaken loveuntil the time is right.
5Who 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.
6Set me as a seal over your heart,as a seal upon your arm.For love is as strong as death,its jealousy1 as unrelenting as Sheol.Its sparks are fiery flames,the fiercest blaze of all.7Mighty 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.
8We have a little sister,and her breasts are not yet grown.What shall we do for our sisteron the day she is spoken for?
Notes
- 1. Song of Songs 8:6 Or passion ↩
Commentaries on Song of Songs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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