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The American Standard Version of 1901

Song of Solomon 8

1

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.

2

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, 1 Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the 2 juice of my pomegranate. 1) Or That thou mightest 2) Or sweet wine

3

His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

4

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 1 That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until 2 he please. 1) Heb Why should ye stir up? or why etc 2) Or it ; Or she

5

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 1 that brought thee forth. 1) Or and

6

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is 1 cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, 2 A very flame of 3 Jehovah. 1) Heb hard 2) Or A most vehement flame 3) Heb Jah

7

Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, 1 He would utterly be contemned. 1) Or It

8

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?

9

If she be a wall, We will build upon her 1 a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar. 1) Or battlements

10

I 1 am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. 1) Or was

11

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.

12

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

13

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken 1 for thy voice: Cause me to hear it. 1) Or to

14

1 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a 2 roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. 1) Heb Flee 2) Or gazelle



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