“If my heart has been enticed(A) by a woman,(B)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(C) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(D)
11 For that would have been wicked,(E)
    a sin to be judged.(F)

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“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 Then let my wife grind for (A)another,
And let others bow down over her.
11 For that would be wickedness;
Yes, (B)it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

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Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[a] would be utterly scorned.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he

Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
(A)If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.

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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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