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[a](A)Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning on her beloved?”
[b]Beneath the [c](B)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother was in labor with you;
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
Put me like a [d]seal over your heart,
Like a (C)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
[e](D)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
[f]The very flame of [g]Yah.
Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
(E)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:5 CHORUS
  2. Song of Songs 8:5 BRIDE
  3. Song of Songs 8:5 Or apricot
  4. Song of Songs 8:6 Or signet
  5. Song of Songs 8:6 Or Its ardor is as inflexible
  6. Song of Songs 8:6 Or A vehement flame
  7. Song of Songs 8:6 The shortened form of Yahweh, found in poetry and praise (e.g. Hallelujah), and in names (e.g. Zechariah)