The Song of Solomon 8
- 1Oh, if only you were as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find you outside, I would kiss you. Yes, I should not be despised.
- 2I would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
- 3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
- 4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you do not stir up, or awake my love, until he please.
- 5Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree. There your mother brought you out. There she brought you out that bore you.
- 6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its coals are coals of fire, which has a most vehement flame.
- 7Many waters cannot put out love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would completely be despised.
- 8We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
- 9If she is a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
- 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers. Then I was in his eyes as one who found favor.
- 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon. He let out the vineyard to keepers. Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
- 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. You, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those who keep its fruit two hundred.
- 13You who live in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice. Cause me to hear it.
- 14Hurry, my beloved, and be like a deer or like a young stag on the mountains of spices.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of The Song of Solomon 8 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVO 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.
GIGAKJVOh, if only you were as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find you outside, I would kiss you. Yes, I should not be despised.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
KJVI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
GIGAKJVI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you do not stir up, or awake my love, until he please.
KJVWho 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.
GIGAKJVWho is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree. There your mother brought you out. There she brought you out that bore you.
KJVSet 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.
GIGAKJVSet me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its coals are coals of fire, which has a most vehement flame.
KJVMany 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.
GIGAKJVMany waters cannot put out love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would completely be despised.
KJVWe 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?
GIGAKJVWe have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf she is a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
KJVI am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
GIGAKJVI am a wall, and my breasts like towers. Then I was in his eyes as one who found favor.
KJVSolomon 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.
GIGAKJVSolomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon. He let out the vineyard to keepers. Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
KJVMy vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
GIGAKJVMy vineyard, which is mine, is before me. You, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those who keep its fruit two hundred.
KJVThou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
GIGAKJVYou who live in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice. Cause me to hear it.
KJVMake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
GIGAKJVHurry, my beloved, and be like a deer or like a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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