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  8:1 ¶
I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me. |
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8:1 ¶
O thatººº
thou [wert] as my brother,º
that suckedºº
the breastsº
of my mother!º
[when] I should findºº
thee without,º
I would kissºº
thee; yea,º
I should notº
be despised.ºº |
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8:2
I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates. |
8:2
I would leadºº
thee, [and] bringºº
thee intoº
my mother'sº
house,º
[who] would instructºº
me: I would cause thee to drinkºº
of spicedº
wineºº
of the juiceºº
of my pomegranate.º |
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8:3
His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. |
8:3
His left handº
[should be] underº
my head,º
and his right handº
should embraceºº
me. |
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8:4
I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please. |
8:4
I chargeºº
you, O daughtersº
of Jerusalem,º
thatº
ye stir not up,ºº
norº
awakeººº
[my] love,º
untilº
he please.ººº |
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8:5
Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised thee up under an apple-tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she that bore thee brought thee forth. |
8:5
Whoº
[is] thisº
that cometh upºº
fromº
the wilderness,º
leaningºº
uponº
her beloved?º
I raisedºº
thee upº
underº
the apple tree:º
thereº
thy motherº
brought thee forth:ºº
thereº
she brought thee forthºº
[that] bareºº
thee. |
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8:6 ¶
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, [even] the flames thereof. |
8:6 ¶
Setºº
me as a sealº
uponº
thine heart,º
as a sealº
uponº
thine arm:º
forº
loveº
[is] strongº
as death;º
jealousyº
[is] cruelº
as the grave:º
the coalsº
thereof [are] coalsº
of fire,º
[which hath a] most vehement flame.º |
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8:7
Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, [men] would utterly despise it. |
8:7
Manyº
watersº
cannotºººº
quenchºº
love,º
neitherº
can the floodsº
drownºº
it: ifº
[a] manº
would giveººº
allº
the substanceº
of his houseº
for love,º
it would utterlyºº
be contemned.ºº |
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8:8 ¶
Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for? |
8:8 ¶
We have a littleº
sister,º
and she hath noº
breasts:º
whatº
shall we doºº
for our sisterº
in the dayº
when she shall be spoken for?ººº |
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8:9
If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels. |
8:9
Ifº
sheº
[be] a wall,º
we will buildºº
uponº
her a palaceº
of silver:º
and ifº
sheº
[be] a door,º
we will incloseººº
her with boardsº
of cedar.º |
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8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace. |
8:10
Iº
[am] a wall,º
and my breastsº
like towers:º
thenº
wasº
I in his eyesº
as one that foundºº
favour.º |
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8:11
Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand [pieces] of silver. |
8:11
Solomonº
hadº
a vineyardº
at Baalhamon;º
he let outººº
the vineyardº
unto keepers;ºº
every oneº
for the fruitº
thereof was to bringºº
a thousandº
[pieces] of silver.º |
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8:12
My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon [shall have] a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred. |
8:12
My vineyard,º
which [is] mine,º
[is] beforeº
me: thou, O Solomon,º
[must have] a thousand,º
and those that keepººº
the fruitº
thereof two hundred.º |
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8:13
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear [it]. |
8:13
Thou that dwellestºº
in the gardens,º
the companionsº
hearkenºº
to thy voice:º
cause me to hearºº
[it]. |
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8:14 ¶
Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices. |
8:14 ¶
Make haste,ºº
my beloved,º
and be thou likeºº
to a roeº
orº
to a youngº
hartº
uponº
the mountainsº
of spices.º |
