Song of Solomon 8:5–7

Young Women

5 Who is thisb coming up from the wilderness,

leaning on the one she loves?

Woman

I awakened you under the apricot tree.c

There your mother conceived you;

there she conceived and gave you birth.

6 Set me as a seal on your heart,

as a seal on your arm.d

For love is as strong as death;e

jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol.

Love’s flames are fiery flamesf—

an almighty flame!D

7 A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all his wealthE for love,g

it would be utterly scorned.