Song of Solomon 8:6

Love for others Marriage Faithfulness and loyalty Identity and self-worth

⁴ 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.

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.

⁷ Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

⁸ We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: 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 the LORD.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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, Flames of Jah.
BLB: Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For strong as death [is] love, cruel as Sheol [is] jealousy; its flames [are] flames of fire, a blazing flame.

ÅB: Sett meg som et segl på ditt hjerte, som et segl på din arm; for sterk som døden er kjærligheten, hård som dødsriket er dens nidkjærhet; dens glød er som ildens glød, en Herrens flamme.
OTB: Sett meg som et segl på ditt hjerte, Som et segl på din arm. For kjærlighet er like sterk som døden, Lidenskap like ubøyelig som graven; Dens flammer er ildens flammer, En guddommelig flamme.
B1930: Sett mig som et segl på ditt hjerte, som et segl på din arm; for sterk som døden er kjærligheten, hård som dødsriket er dens nidkjærhet; dens glød er som ildens glød, en Herrens lue.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
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Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
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Philippians 1:20–23
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
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Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
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Numbers 5:14
and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
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Haggai 2:23
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
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Jeremiah 22:24
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
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