SinaiSong of Solomon 8:7
American Standard Version
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.
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Song of Solomon 8:7 in other translations
Many 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.
Song of Solomon 8:7 in context
- 5Who 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.
- 6Set 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.
- 7Many 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.
- 8We 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?
- 9If 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.