Song of Solomon 8 (NET)

Song of Solomon 8:1¹Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you— surely no one would despise me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:26Ps 45:10-11Zech 9:9Hag 2:7Isa 60:14Isa 66:11-12Isa 7:14Isa 9:6Luke 2:38Mal 3:1

Song of Solomon 8:2²I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 3:4Song 4:10-5:1Song 7:12Gal 4:261 Pet 1:10-122 Tim 3:15John 5:39John 5:46-47Prov 9:2Song 7:9

Song of Solomon 8:3³His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. The Beloved to the Maidens:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:62 Cor 12:9Deut 33:27Isa 62:4-5

Song of Solomon 8:4⁴I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!” The Maidens about His Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:7Song 3:5

Song of Solomon 8:5⁵Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 3:6Isa 40:3Ps 63:8Song 2:3Isa 26:3-4Mic 3:11Song 3:4Song 6:101 Pet 1:212 Chr 32:8

Song of Solomon 8:6⁶Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 12:11Isa 49:16Phil 1:20-23Hag 2:23Jer 22:24John 21:15-19Prov 6:34Song 5:82 Cor 5:14-15Num 5:14

Song of Solomon 8:7⁷Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised. The Beloved’s Brothers:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 6:35Isa 43:2Prov 6:31Rom 13:8-10Matt 7:24-25Rom 8:28-39

Song of Solomon 8:8⁸We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:12Acts 22:21Ezek 16:55-56Ps 2:8Acts 10:1-11:18Acts 15:14-17Acts 16:9Acts 26:17-18Acts 7:38Eph 2:12-15

Song of Solomon 8:9⁹If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar. The Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:10-121 Kgs 6:15Acts 14:27Acts 15:16Eph 2:20-22Isa 58:12Isa 60:17Isa 61:4Matt 16:18Rev 21:12-19

Song of Solomon 8:10¹⁰I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 16:7Isa 60:10Luke 1:301 Tim 1:16Deut 7:7-8Eph 1:6Gen 6:8Prov 3:4Song 4:5Song 7:7-8

Song of Solomon 8:11¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring 1,000 shekels of silver for its fruit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:4Isa 7:23Gen 20:16Isa 5:1-7Luke 20:9-18Mark 12:1Matt 21:33-43Song 1:6Song 7:12

Song of Solomon 8:12¹²My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and 200 shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit. The Lover to His Beloved:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 1:6Acts 20:281 Cor 6:201 Thess 2:191 Tim 4:15-161 Tim 5:17-182 Cor 5:15Prov 4:23Ps 72:17-19Rom 14:7-9

Song of Solomon 8:13¹³O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it! The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 4:16Song 1:7John 14:13-14John 14:21-23Judg 11:38Judg 14:11Matt 18:20Matt 28:20Ps 45:14Ps 50:15

Song of Solomon 8:14¹⁴Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:17Rev 22:20Rev 22:17Song 2:9Luke 19:12Phil 1:23Song 4:6