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.
The Shulamite’s Brothers
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
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
aHe leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
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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?
New English Translation
We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?1
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