Song of Solomon 8

1 O that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yes, I should not be despised.

Who? will he give you like a brother to me [the] suckling-child of [the] breasts of mother my I will find you on the outside (I will kiss you *L(abh)*) also not people will despise me.

2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

I will lead you I will bring you to [the] house of mother my [who] she taught me I will give to drink you some of [the] wine of spice some of [the] juice of pomegranate my.

3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Left [hand] his [is] under head my and right [hand] his it embraces me.

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem why? will you awaken - and why? will you arouse love until that it will please.

5 Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple-tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.

Who? this [is] coming up from the wilderness leaning herself on lover her under the apple tree I aroused you there she was in labor with you mother your there she was in labor she bore you.

6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals of it [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most vehement flame. (Sheol h7585)

Put me like seal on heart your like seal on arm your for [is] strong like death love [is] severe like Sheol jealousy flashes its [are] flashes of fire a flame of [the] Lord. (Sheol h7585)

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Waters many not they are able to extinguish love and rivers not they will overflow it if he will give anyone all [the] wealth of house his for love certainly people will despise it.

8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

A sister [belongs] to us small and breasts not [belong] to her what? will we do for sister our on the day when it will be spoken for her.

9 If she [is] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [is] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

If [is] a wall she we will build on her a battlement of silver and if [is] a door she we will shut up over her a board of cedar.

10 I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.

I [was] a wall and breasts my [are] like towers then I was in view his like [one who] finds peace.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.

A vineyard it belonged to Solomon at Baal-Hamon he gave the vineyard to [those who] keep each one he will bring for fruit its a thousand silver.

12 My vineyard which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit of it two hundred.

Vineyard my which [belongs] to me [is] before me the thousand [shekels] [belong] to you O Solomon and two hundred [shekels] [belong] to [those who] keep fruit its.

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].

(O [one who] dwells *L(abh)*) in the gardens companions [are] listening for voice your cause to hear [it] me.

14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Hasten - O lover my and be like yourself a gazelle or [the] fawn of the deer on mountains of spices.