# Song of Songs 8

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] 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. [2] 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. [3] His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me. [4] O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until the time is right. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] 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? [9] If she is a wall,
we will build a tower of silver to protect her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar. [10] I am a wall,
and my breasts are like towers.
So I have become in his eyes
like one who brings peace. [11] 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. [12] 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. [13] You who dwell in the gardens,
my companions are listening for your voice.
Let me hear it! [14] Come away, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Baal-hamon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/baal-hamon

## Each verse

- Song of Songs 8:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/1
- Song of Songs 8:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/2
- Song of Songs 8:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/3
- Song of Songs 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/4
- Song of Songs 8:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/5
- Song of Songs 8:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/6
- Song of Songs 8:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/7
- Song of Songs 8:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/8
- Song of Songs 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/9
- Song of Songs 8:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/10
- Song of Songs 8:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/11
- Song of Songs 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/12
- Song of Songs 8:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/13
- Song of Songs 8:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/14