Song of Solomon 8:1

ASV: Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

DARBY: Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.

DRA: Who shall give thee to me for my brother, sucking the breasts of my mother, that I may find thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may despise me?

KJV: O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

Song of Solomon 8:2

ASV: I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother`s house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

DARBY: I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldest instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

DRA: I will take hold of thee, and bring thee Into my mother's house: there thou shalt teach me, and I will give thee a cup of spiced wine and new wine of my pomegranates.

KJV: I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 8:3

ASV: His left hand [should be] under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

DARBY: His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.

DRA: His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

KJV: His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Song of Solomon 8:4

ASV: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.

DARBY: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?

DRA: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.

KJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

Song of Solomon 8:5

ASV: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

DARBY: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awoke thee under the apple-tree: There thy mother brought thee forth; There she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.

DRA: Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.

KJV: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Song of Solomon 8:6

ASV: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

DARBY: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.

DRA: Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

KJV: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:7

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

DARBY: Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.

DRA: Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 8:8

ASV: 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?

DARBY: 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?

DRA: Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to?

KJV: 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?

Song of Solomon 8:9

ASV: If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

DARBY: If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

DRA: If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards or cedar.

KJV: If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Song of Solomon 8:10

ASV: I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers [thereof] Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

DARBY: I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

DRA: I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.

KJV: I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

Song of Solomon 8:11

ASV: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.

DARBY: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.

DRA: The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of silver.

KJV: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12

ASV: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

DARBY: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand [silver-pieces] be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.

DRA: My vineyard is before me. A thousand are for thee, the peaceable, and two hundred for them that keep the fruit thereof.

KJV: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Song of Solomon 8:13

ASV: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.

DARBY: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Let me hear [it].

DRA: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken: make me hear thy voice.

KJV: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

Song of Solomon 8:14

ASV: Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

DARBY: Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

DRA: Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices.

KJV: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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