Song of Solomon 8:4
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The Beloved to the Maidens:
8:4I admonish you, O maidens12 of Jerusalem:
“Do not13 arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”
Footnotes
- 12 Heb “daughters of Jerusalem.”
- 13 Heb “Why arouse or awaken …?” Although the particle מָה (mah) is used most often as an interrogative pronoun (“What?” “Why?”), it also can be used as a particle of negation. For example, “How (מָה) could I look at a girl?” means “I have not looked at a girl!” (Job 31:1); “What (מַה) do we have to drink?” means “We have nothing to drink” (Exod 15:24); “What (מַה) part do we have?” means “We have no part” (1 Kgs 12:16); and “Why (מַה) arouse or awaken love?” means “Do not arouse or awaken love!” (Song 8:4). See מָה C.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
not to awaken love until the time is right.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,
do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
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