Song of Solomon 7 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Song of Solomon 8

¹Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.

KJVO that^H5414^(H8799) thou wert as my brother^H251, that sucked^H3243^(H8802) the breasts^H7699 of my mother^H517! when I should find^H4672^(H8799) thee without^H2351, I would kiss^H5401^(H8799) thee; yea, I should not be despised^H936^(H8799).

² I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

KJVI would lead^H5090^(H8799) thee, and bring^H935^(H8686) thee into my mother's^H517 house^H1004, who would instruct^H3925^(H8762) me: I would cause thee to drink^H8248^(H8686) of spiced^H7544 wine^H3196 of the juice^H6071 of my pomegranate^H7416.

³ His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.

KJVHis left hand^H8040 should be under my head^H7218, and his right hand^H3225 should embrace^H2263^(H8762) me.

⁴ I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

KJVI charge^H7650^(H8689) you, O daughters^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389, that ye stir not up^H5782^(H8686), nor awake^H5782^(H8787) my love^H160, until he please^H2654^(H8799).

⁵ Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Beloved Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

KJVWho is this that cometh up^H5927^(H8802) from the wilderness^H4057, leaning^H7514^(H8693) upon her beloved^H1730? I raised^H5782^(H8790) thee up under the apple tree^H8598: there thy mother^H517 brought thee forth^H2254^(H8765): there she brought thee forth^H2254^(H8765) that bare^H3205^(H8804) thee.

⁶ Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yah.

KJVSet^H7760^(H8798) me as a seal^H2368 upon thine heart^H3820, as a seal^H2368 upon thine arm^H2220: for love^H160 is strong^H5794 as death^H4194; jealousy^H7068 is cruel^H7186 as the grave^H7585: the coals^H7565 thereof are coals^H7565 of fire^H784, which hath a most vehement flame^H7957.

⁷ Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.

KJVMany^H7227 waters^H4325 cannot^H3201^(H8799) quench^H3518^(H8763) love^H160, neither can the floods^H5104 drown^H7857^(H8799) it: if a man^H376 would give^H5414^(H8799) all the substance^H1952 of his house^H1004 for love^H160, it would utterly^H936^(H8800) be contemned^H936^(H8799).

⁸ We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

KJVWe have a little^H6996 sister^H269, and she hath no breasts^H7699: what shall we do^H6213^(H8799) for our sister^H269 in the day^H3117 when she shall be spoken for^H1696^(H8792)?

⁹ If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

KJVIf she be a wall^H2346, we will build^H1129^(H8799) upon her a palace^H2918 of silver^H3701: and if she be a door^H1817, we will inclose^H6696^(H8799) her with boards^H3871 of cedar^H730.

¹⁰ I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

KJVI am a wall^H2346, and my breasts^H7699 like towers^H4026: then was I in his eyes^H5869 as one that found^H4672^(H8802) favour^H7965.

¹¹ Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

KJVSolomon^H8010 had a vineyard^H3754 at Baalhamon^H1174; he let out^H5414^(H8804) the vineyard^H3754 unto keepers^H5201^(H8802); every one^H376 for the fruit^H6529 thereof was to bring^H935^(H8686) a thousand^H505 pieces of silver^H3701.

¹² My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

KJVMy vineyard^H3754, which is mine, is before^H6440 me: thou, O Solomon^H8010, must have a thousand^H505, and those that keep^H5201^(H8802) the fruit^H6529 thereof two hundred^H3967.

¹³ You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!

KJVThou that dwellest^H3427^(H8802) in the gardens^H1588, the companions^H2270 hearken^H7181^(H8688) to thy voice^H6963: cause me to hear^H8085^(H8685) it.

¹⁴ Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

KJVMake haste^H1272^(H8798), my beloved^H1730, and be thou like^H1819^(H8798) to a roe^H6643 or to a young^H6082 hart^H354 upon the mountains^H2022 of spices^H1314.

WEB·Song of Solomon 7

¹How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

KJVHow beautiful^H3302^(H8804) are thy feet^H6471 with shoes^H5275, O prince's^H5081 daughter^H1323! the joints^H2542 of thy thighs^H3409 are like jewels^H2481, the work^H4639 of the hands^H3027 of a cunning workman^H542.

² Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

KJVThy navel^H8326 is like a round^H5469 goblet^H101, which wanteth^H2637^(H8799) not liquor^H4197: thy belly^H990 is like an heap^H6194 of wheat^H2406 set about^H5473^(H8803) with lilies^H7799.

³ Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.

KJVThy two^H8147 breasts^H7699 are like two^H8147 young^H6082 roes^H6646 that are twins^H8380.

⁴ Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

KJVThy neck^H6677 is as a tower^H4026 of ivory^H8127; thine eyes^H5869 like the fishpools^H1295 in Heshbon^H2809, by the gate^H8179 of Bathrabbim^H1337: thy nose^H639 is as the tower^H4026 of Lebanon^H3844 which looketh^H6822^(H8802) toward^H6440 Damascus^H1834.

⁵ Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

KJVThine head^H7218 upon thee is like Carmel^H3760, and the hair^H1803 of thine head^H7218 like purple^H713; the king^H4428 is held^H631^(H8803) in the galleries^H7298.

⁶ How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!

KJVHow fair^H3302^(H8804) and how pleasant^H5276^(H8804) art thou, O love^H160, for delights^H8588!

⁷ This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit.

KJVThis thy stature^H6967 is like^H1819^(H8804) to a palm tree^H8558, and thy breasts^H7699 to clusters^H811 of grapes.

⁸ I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples.

KJVI said^H559^(H8804), I will go up^H5927^(H8799) to the palm tree^H8558, I will take hold^H270^(H8799) of the boughs^H5577 thereof: now also thy breasts^H7699 shall be as clusters^H811 of the vine^H1612, and the smell^H7381 of thy nose^H639 like apples^H8598;

⁹ Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

KJVAnd the roof of thy mouth^H2441 like the best^H2896 wine^H3196 for my beloved^H1730, that goeth^H1980^(H8802) down sweetly^H4339, causing the lips^H8193 of those that are asleep^H3463 to speak^H1680^(H8802).

¹⁰ I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.

KJVI am my beloved's^H1730, and his desire^H8669 is toward me.

¹¹ Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages.

KJVCome^H3212^(H8798), my beloved^H1730, let us go forth^H3318^(H8799) into the field^H7704; let us lodge^H3885^(H8799) in the villages^H3723.

¹² Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

KJVLet us get up early^H7925^(H8686) to the vineyards^H3754; let us see^H7200^(H8799) if the vine^H1612 flourish^H6524^(H8804), whether the tender grape^H5563 appear^H6605^(H8765), and the pomegranates^H7416 bud forth^H5132^(H8689): there will I give^H5414^(H8799) thee my loves^H1730.

¹³ The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.

KJVThe mandrakes^H1736 give^H5414^(H8804) a smell^H7381, and at our gates^H6607 are all manner of pleasant^H4022 fruits, new^H2319 and old^H3465, which I have laid up^H6845^(H8804) for thee, O my beloved^H1730.

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