(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
5 aWho is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
6 aSet me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
bJealousy as1 cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
1A most vehement flame.
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
bJealousy as1 cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
1A most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
aIf a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
Nor can the floods drown it.
aIf a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
The Shulamite’s Brothers
8 aWe have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
The Shulamite
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
aHe leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
aHe leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
(To Solomon)
12 My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
The Beloved
The Shulamite
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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