Verse Comparison: Song of Solomon 8:8
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified® Bible
[Gathered with her family and the wedding guests in her mother's cottage, the bride said to her stepbrothers, When I was a little girl, you said] 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 in marriage?
Contemporary English Version
We have a little sister whose breasts are not yet formed. If someone asks to marry her, what should we do?
Darby English Version
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? --
Good News Bible
We have a young sister, and her breasts are still small. What will we do for her when a young man comes courting?
King James Version
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?
New American Standard Bible
"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?
New International Version
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?
New King James Version
We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when someone speaks for her?
Revised Standard Version
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?
Young's Literal Translation
We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?
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