Into the ahouse of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of bspiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
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
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.
Nor can the floods drown it.
aIf a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
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American Standard Version
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my' love, Until he please.
Amplified® Bible
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never [again attempt to] stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
Contemporary English Version
Young women of Jerusalem, promise me by the power of deer and gazelles never to awaken love before it is ready.
Darby English Version
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?
Good News Bible
Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that you will not interrupt our love.
King James Version
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
New American Standard Bible
"I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken {my} love Until she pleases."
New International Version
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
New King James Version
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until he pleases."
Revised Standard Version
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
Young's Literal Translation
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!
New English Translation
I admonish you, O maidens1 of Jerusalem: “Do not2 arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”
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