New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
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1 "Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
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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 none would despise me.
2 "I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
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I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother—she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
3 "Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
4 "I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
5 "Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" " Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth.
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Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
6 "Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD .
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Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
7 "Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
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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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?
9 "If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."
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If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
10 "I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
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I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
11 "Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
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Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
12 "My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."
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My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
13 "O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice - Let me hear it!"
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O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
14 "Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices."
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Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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