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Song of Solomon 8:1

Longing for Her Beloved

Oh that you were like a brother to me

who nursed at my mother’s breasts!

If I found you outside, I would kiss you,

and none would despise me.

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Song of Solomon 8:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

If only you were to me like a brother,

who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!

Then, if I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

O 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.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Oh, I wish you were my brother,

who nursed at my mother’s breasts.

Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching,

and no one would criticize me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Oh, that you were like my brother,

Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!

If I should find you outside,

I would kiss you;

I would not be despised.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

I wish you were like my brother

who fed at my mother’s breasts.

If I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would look down on me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Oh that thou wert as my brother,

That sucked the breasts of my mother!

When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee;

Yea, and none would despise me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If only you were my brother, 

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts. 

If I saw you on the street, 

I would kiss you, and no one would look down on me. 

Song of Solomon 8:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

If only I could treat you like my brother,

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

O that you were like a brother to me,

who nursed at my mother’s breast!

If I met you outside, I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

How I wish that you were my little brother,

who nursed upon my mother’s breasts!

If I met you outside, I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me!

Song of Solomon 8:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“I wish you were like a brother to me.

I wish my mother’s breasts had nursed you.

Then if I found you outside,

I could kiss you.

No one would look down on me.

Song of Solomon 8:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Oh that you were like a brother to me

Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.

If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;

No one would despise me, either.


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