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Song of Solomon 8:6

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Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm;
for love is strong as death.
Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a very flame of Yahweh.

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Song of Solomon 8:6 in other translations

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.

Song of Solomon 8:6 · American Standard Version

Song of Solomon 8:6 in context

  1. 4I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
    that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
    until it so desires.
  2. 5Who is this who comes up from the wilderness,
    leaning on her beloved?
    Under the apple tree I aroused you.
    There your mother conceived you.
    There she was in labor and bore you.
  3. 6Set me as a seal on your heart,
    as a seal on your arm;
    for love is strong as death.
    Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.
    Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    a very flame of Yahweh.
  4. 7Many waters can’t quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
    If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,
    he would be utterly scorned.
  5. 8We have a little sister.
    She has no breasts.
    What shall we do for our sister
    in the day when she is to be spoken for?

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