Song of Solomon 8:4
2 I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
6 Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- KJV
- I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
- WEB
- I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
- ASV
- I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
- DARBY
- I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?
- BLB
- I adjure you⁺, O daughters of Jerusalem, why stir up and why awaken love until it pleases.
- ÅB
- Jeg ber dere inderlig, dere Jerusalems døtre! Hvorfor vil dere vekke, og hvorfor vil dere egge kjærligheten, før den selv vil?
- OTB
- Jeg ber dere, Jerusalems døtre, Vekk ikke eller rør opp kjærligheten Før den selv vil.
- B1930
- Jeg ber eder inderlig, I Jerusalems døtre! Hvorfor vil I vekke, og hvorfor vil I egge kjærligheten, før den selv vil?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 3:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
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