Song of Songs 8:5-14
View Full Chapter5Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved? She Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy
7Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it
8We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar. She
10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels
12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, and two hundred
13You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! She 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.