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Song of Solomon

A series of love poems between a bride and groom, celebrating love and marriage.

Chapter 8

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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.

Geneva: Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.

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.

Geneva: I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.

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

Geneva: His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

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

Geneva: I charge you, O daughters of Ierusale, that you stir not vp, nor waken my loue, vntil she please.

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.

Geneva: (Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.

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.

Geneva: Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpo thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.

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.

Geneva: Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.

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?

Geneva: Wee haue a litle sister, and she hath no breastes: what shall we do for our sister when she shalbe spoken for?

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.

Geneva: If shee be a wall, we will builde vpon her a siluer palace: and if she be a doore, we wil keepe her in with bordes of cedar.

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

Geneva: I am a wall, and my breasts are as towres: then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

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

Geneva: Salomon had a vine in Baal-hamon: hee gaue the vineyarde vnto keepers: euery one bringeth for ye fruite thereof a thousand pieces of siluer.

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.

Geneva: But my vineyarde which is mine, is before me: to thee, O Salomon appertaineth a thousand pieces of siluer, and two hundreth to them that keepe the fruite thereof.

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

Geneva: O thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken vnto thy voyce: cause me to heare it.

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

Geneva: O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roe, or to the yong harte vpon ye mountaines of spices.