# Song of Solomon 8 ## Song of Solomon 8:1 - [KJV] O that thou *wert* as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! *when* I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. - [ASV] Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! *When* I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me. - [YLT] Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:1 - ## Song of Solomon 8:2 - [KJV] I would lead thee, *and* bring thee into my mother's house, *who* would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. - [ASV] I would lead thee, *and* bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate. - [YLT] I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:2 - ## Song of Solomon 8:3 - [KJV] His left hand *should be* under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. - [ASV] His left hand *should be* under my head, And his right hand should embrace me. - [YLT] His left hand *is* under my head, And his right doth embrace me. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:3 - ## Song of Solomon 8:4 - [KJV] I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake *my* love, until he please. - [ASV] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake *my* love, Until he please. - [YLT] I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:4 - ## Song of Solomon 8:5 - [KJV] Who *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. - [ASV] Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth. - [YLT] Who *is* this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge *that* bare thee. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:5 - ## Song of Solomon 8:6 - [KJV] Set 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings *are* burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:6 - ## Song of Solomon 8:7 - [KJV] Many 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:7 - ## Song of Solomon 8:8 - [KJV] We 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? - [ASV] We 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? - [YLT] We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her? ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:8 - ## Song of Solomon 8:9 - [KJV] If 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. - [ASV] If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar. - [YLT] If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:9 - ## Song of Solomon 8:10 - [KJV] I *am* a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. - [ASV] I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers *thereof* Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. - [YLT] I *am* a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:10 - ## Song of Solomon 8:11 - [KJV] Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand *pieces* of silver. - [ASV] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand *pieces* of silver. - [YLT] Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings; ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:11 - ## Song of Solomon 8:12 - [KJV] My vineyard, which *is* mine, *is* before me: thou, O Solomon, *must have* a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. - [ASV] My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. - [YLT] My vineyard -- my own -- is before me, The thousand *is* for thee, O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit. O dweller in gardens! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:12 - ## Song of Solomon 8:13 - [KJV] Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear *it*. - [ASV] Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it. - [YLT] The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:13 - ## Song of Solomon 8:14 - [KJV] Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. - [ASV] Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. - [YLT] Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 8:14 -