New American Standard Bible 2020
Song of Songs 8:5-14
5“1WhoH4310 is thisH2088 comingH5927 upH5927 from the wildernessH4057, LeaningH7514 on her belovedH1730?” The Bride “BeneathH8478 the 2appleH8598 treeH8598 I awakenedH5782 you; ThereH8033 your motherH517 wentH2254 intoH2254 laborH2254 with you, ThereH8033 she wasH2254 inH2254 laborH2254 and gaveH3205 birthH3205 to you.6PutH7760 me like a sealH2368 overH5921 your heartH3820, Like a 3sealH2368 on your armH2220. For loveH160 is as strongH5794 as deathH4194, 45JealousyH7068 is as severeH7186 as SheolH7585; Its flamesH7565 are flamesH7565 of fireH784, 6The flameH7957 of the LordH3050.7ManyH7227 watersH4325 cannotH3201H3808 quenchH3518 loveH160, NorH3808 will riversH5104 floodH7857 overH7857 it; 7IfH518 a manH376 were to giveH5414 allH3605 the richesH1952 of his houseH1004 for loveH160, It would be utterlyH936 despisedH936.”
8“We have a littleH6996 sisterH269, And she 8hasH369 noH369 breastsH7699; WhatH4100 shall we doH6213 for our sisterH269 On the dayH3117 whenH7945 she is spokenH1696 for?9IfH518 she is a wallH2346, We will buildH1129 on her a battlementH2918 of silverH3701; But ifH518 she is a doorH1817, We will barricadeH6696 her with 9planksH3871 of cedarH730.”
10“I was a wallH2346, and 10my breastsH7699 were like towersH4026; ThenH227 I becameH1961 in his eyesH5869 as one who findsH4672 peaceH7965.11SolomonH8010 hadH1961 a 11vineyardH3754 at Baal-hamonH1174; He 12entrustedH5414 the vineyardH3754 to 13caretakersH5201. EachH376 oneH376 was to bringH935 a 14thousandH505 shekels of silverH3701 for its 15fruitH6529.12My veryH7945 own vineyardH3754 is 16at my disposalH6440; The thousandH505 shekels are for you, SolomonH8010, And two hundredH3967 are for those who takeH5201 careH5201 of its fruitH6529.”
13“You who sitH3427 in the gardensH1588: My 17companionsH2270 are listeningH7181 for your voiceH6963-- 18Let me hearH8085 it!”
14“19HurryH1272, my belovedH1730, And beH1819 20likeH1819 a gazelleH6643 orH176 a youngH6082 21stagH354 On the 22mountainsH2022 of balsamH1314 treesH1314!”
Notes
- 1. Song of Songs 8:5 Song 3:6 ↩
- 2. Song of Songs 8:5 Song 2:3 ↩
- 3. Song of Songs 8:6 Is 49:16; Jer 22:24; Hag 2:23 ↩
- 4. Song of Songs 8:6 Or Its passion is as inflexible ↩
- 5. Song of Songs 8:6 Prov 6:34 ↩
- 6. Song of Songs 8:6 Another reading is A vehement flame ↩
- 7. Song of Songs 8:7 Prov 6:35 ↩
- 8. Song of Songs 8:8 Ezek 16:7 ↩
- 9. Song of Songs 8:9 1 Kin 6:15 ↩
- 10. Song of Songs 8:10 Ezek 16:7 ↩
- 11. Song of Songs 8:11 Eccl 2:4 ↩
- 12. Song of Songs 8:11 Matt 21:33 ↩
- 13. Song of Songs 8:11 Song 1:6 ↩
- 14. Song of Songs 8:11 Is 7:23 ↩
- 15. Song of Songs 8:11 Song 2:3; 8:12 ↩
- 16. Song of Songs 8:12 Lit before me ↩
- 17. Song of Songs 8:13 Song 1:7 ↩
- 18. Song of Songs 8:13 Song 2:14 ↩
- 19. Song of Songs 8:14 Lit Flee ↩
- 20. Song of Songs 8:14 Song 2:7, 9, 17 ↩
- 21. Song of Songs 8:14 Lit of the stags ↩
- 22. Song of Songs 8:14 Song 4:6 ↩
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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