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8 We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
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8 We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
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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.
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9 If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
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10 I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
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10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
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11 Solomon had a vineyard at Ba'al-ha'mon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
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11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
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12 My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
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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.
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13 O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
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13 You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
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14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices.
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14 Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.
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