Song of Solomon 8:7
New American Standard Bible 2020
Chapter overview
The woman desires love that can be honored openly and asks to be set as a seal upon heart and arm. Love is fierce, unquenchable by floods, and beyond purchase. Questions of maturity and vineyards resolve into personal agency, attentive companionship, and a final call to the beloved.
Covenant loveStrengthFaithfulnessAgencyLonging
1“Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
2“I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
3“Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.”
4¶“Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem: Do not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.”
5¶“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?” “Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother went into labor with you, There she was in labor and gave birth to you.
6“Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, The flame of the Lord.
7“Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers flood over it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.”
8¶“We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
9“If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
10¶“I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
11“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
12“My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”
13¶“You who sit in the gardens: My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it!”
14¶“Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of balsam trees!”
Verses to memorize from Song of Solomon 8
- Song of Solomon 8:7“Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers flood over it; If a…
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