Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Song Of Songs 8:3-10 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

3. His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me.

4. Women of Jerusalem, promise me, don’t awaken love, don’t arouse love, until I am ready.

5. Who is this woman coming from the desert, leaning on her lover? I woke you under the apple tree, where your mother gave birth to you, where you were born.

6. Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart, like a signet ring you wear on your hand. Love is as strong as death. Passion is as strong as the grave. Its sparks become a flame, and it grows to become a great fire!

7. A flood cannot put out love. Rivers cannot drown love. Would people despise a man for giving everything he owns for love?

8. We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister when a man comes asking to marry her?

9. If she were a wall, we would put silver trim around her. If she were a door, we would put a cedar board around her.

10. I am a wall, and my breasts are my towers. And he is satisfied with me!