16 W My love is mine and I am his;(A)
he feeds among the lilies.

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She

16 My beloved is mine and I am his;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)

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10 I belong to my love,
and his desire(A) is for me.(B)

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10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(A) is for me.(B)

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Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm.(A)
For love is as strong as death;(B)
ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol.
Love’s flames are fiery flames(C)
the fiercest of all.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or the blaze of the Lord

Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love(A) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy[a](B) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
  2. Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord