{"book":"Song of Songs","slug":"song-of-songs","ch":8,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Song of Songs","prev":"song-of-songs/7","next":"isaiah/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"O that you [were] to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O that you [were] to me like a brother"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who nursed at my mother’s breasts!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no one would despise me."}],"h":"Longing for Her Beloved","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would lead you and bring you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the house of my mother who taught me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I would give you spiced wine to drink,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the nectar of my pomegranates."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"His left hand is under my head,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his right arm embraces me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do not arouse or awaken love"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until the time is right."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who is this coming up from the wilderness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"leaning on her beloved?"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I roused you under the apple tree;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there your mother conceived you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there she travailed and brought you forth."}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.","f":["Or passion"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Set me as a seal over your heart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as a seal upon your arm."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For love is as strong as death,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Its sparks are fiery flames,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the fiercest blaze of all."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, [his offer] would be utterly scorned.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Mighty waters cannot quench love;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rivers cannot sweep it away."},{"style":"indent1","t":"If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[his offer] would be utterly scorned."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"We 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?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"We have a little sister,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and her breasts are not yet grown."},{"style":"indent1","t":"What shall we do for our sister"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day she is spoken for?"}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If she is a wall,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we will build a tower of silver upon her."},{"style":"indent1","t":"If she is a door,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we will enclose her with panels of cedar."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I am a wall,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my breasts are like towers."},{"style":"indent1","t":"So I have become in his eyes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like one who brings peace."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased [it] to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand [shekels] of silver.","f":["Hebrew a thousand of silver; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon."},{"style":"indent2","t":"He leased [it] to the tenants."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For its fruit, each was to bring"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a thousand [shekels] of silver."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"[But] my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand [shekels] are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[But] my own vineyard is mine to give;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the thousand [shekels] are for you, O Solomon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"You who dwell in the gardens, [my] companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You who dwell in the gardens,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[my] companions are listening for your voice."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let me hear it!"}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Come away, my beloved,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and be like a gazelle"},{"style":"indent1","t":"or a young stag"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the mountains of spices."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"}]}