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8 We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
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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 put silver towers on her. If she is a door, we will protect her with cedar boards.
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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.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I was to him, as one who brings happiness.
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I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He rented the vineyards for others to tend, and everyone who rented had to pay twenty-five pounds of silver for the fruit.
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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.
12 But my own vineyard is mine to give. Solomon, the twenty-five pounds of silver are for you, and five pounds are for those who tend the fruit.
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But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
13 You who live in the gardens, my friends are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
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You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
14 Hurry, my lover, be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains where spices grow.
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Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.
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