| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either. | 1Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you--surely no one would despise me! |
| 2"I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates. | 2I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. |
| 3"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." | 3His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me. |
| 4"I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases." | 4"Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!" |
| 5"Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" "Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth. | 5Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth. |
| 6"Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD. | 6Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame. |
| 7"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised." | 7Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised. |
| 8"We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for? | 8We have a little sister, and as yet she has 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 barricade her with planks of cedar." | 9If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar. |
| 10"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace. | 10I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. |
| 11"Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. | 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. |
| 12"My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit." | 12My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit. |
| 13"O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice-- Let me hear it!" | 13O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it! |
| 14"Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices." | 14Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. |
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