Song 8:5-14 | ESV | STEP | Who is that coming up from the wilderness , leaning on her beloved ? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor .

Song of Solomon 8:5-14

5 ^aWho is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as ^ba seal upon your arm,
for ^clove is strong as death,
^djealousy ^{▼▼Or ardor} is fierce as the grave. ^{▼▼Hebrew as Sheol}
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very ^gflame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his ^hhouse,
he ^{▼▼Or it} would be utterly despised.

Final Advice

Others

8 We have a little sister,
and she ^jhas no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with ^kboards of cedar.

She

10 ^lI was a wall,
and my ^mbreasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds ^{▼▼Or brings out} peace.
11 Solomon had ^oa vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he ^plet out the vineyard to ^qkeepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit ^ra thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and ^sthe keepers of the fruit two hundred.

He

13 ^tO you who dwell in the gardens,
with ^ucompanions listening for your voice;
^vlet me hear it.

She

14 ^wMake haste, my beloved,
and be ^xlike a gazelle
or a young stag
on ^ythe mountains of spices.