Song of Solomon 7





The Woman

10 (Ps 45:11; SS 2:16) I am my beloved's,

and his desire is for me.

11 (SS 4:8) Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields,

and lodge in the villages;

12 (SS 6:11 ) let us go out early to the vineyards,

and see whether the vines have budded,

whether the grape blossoms have opened

and the pomegranates are in bloom.

There I will give you my love.

13 (Ge 30:14; Mt 13:52 ) The mandrakes give forth fragrance,

and at our doors are all choice fruits,

new as well as old,

which I have laid up for you, my beloved.



10 I am my beloved's,

And his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved,

Let us go forth into the field;

Let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;

Let us see if the vine flourish,

Whether the tender grape appear,

And the pomegranates bud forth:

There will I give thee my loves.

13 The mandrakes give a smell,

And at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits,

New and old,

Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.



Songs 8

1 Oh, that you were like a brother to me,

who nursed at my mother's breasts!

If I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

2 (SS 3:4; Pr 9:2) I would lead you and bring you

into the house of my mother,

she who used to instruct me.

I would give you spiced wine to drink,

the juice of my pomegranates.

3 (SS 2:6) His left hand is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me!

4 (SS 2:7; 3:5) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

do not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.



1 O that thou wert as my brother,

That sucked the breasts of my mother!

When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee;

Yea, I should not be despised.

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.

3 His left hand should be under my head,

And his right hand should embrace me.

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,

Until he please.



Friends of the Woman



5 (SS 3:6; 2:3) Who is that coming up from the wilderness,

leaning upon her beloved?



5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,

Leaning upon her beloved?



The Woman



Under the apple tree I awakened you.

There your mother was in labor with you;

there she who bore you was in labor.

6 (Isa 49:16; Jer 22:24) Set me as a seal upon your heart,

as a seal upon your arm;

for love is strong as death,

passion fierce as the grave.

Its fires of desire are as ardent flames,

a most intense flame.

7 (Pr 6:35) Many waters cannot quench love,

neither can floods drown it.

If a man offered for love

all the wealth of his house,

it would be utterly condemned.



I raised thee up under the apple tree:

There thy mother brought thee forth:

There she brought thee forth that bare thee.

6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart,

As a seal upon thine arm:

For love is strong as death;

Jealousy is cruel as the grave:

The coals thereof are coals of fire,

Which hath a most vehement flame.

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.



Brothers of the Woman



8 We have a little sister,

and she has no breasts.

What will we do for our sister

on the day when she is spoken for?

9 If she is a wall,

we will build upon her a battlement of silver;

but if she is a door,

we will enclose her with boards of cedar.



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?

9 If she be a wall,

We will build upon her a palace of silver:

And if she be a door,

We will inclose her with boards of cedar.



The Woman

10 (SS 4:5; Eze 16:7 ) I was a wall,

and my breasts were like towers;

then I was in his eyes

as one who finds peace.

11 (Ecc 2:4; Isa 7:23 ) Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;

he leased the vineyard to keepers;

each man was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

12 (SS 1:6) My vineyard, my very own, is before me;

you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,

and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.



10 I am a wall,

And my breasts like towers:

Then was I in his eyes

As one that found favour.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon;

He let out the vineyard unto keepers;

Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:

Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand,

And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.



The Man



13 (SS 1:7) O you who dwell in the gardens,

my companions listen for your voice;

let me hear it!

The Woman

14 (SS 2:17; 2:9) Make haste, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle or a young stag

on the mountains of spices!



13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens,

The companions hearken to thy voice:

Cause me to hear it.

14 Make haste, my beloved,

And be thou like to a roe

Or to a young hart

Upon the mountains of spices.