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Song of Solomon 8:4

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4“1aI want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

2Do not arouse or awaken my love

Until 3she pleases.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1BRIDEGROOM
  2. 2Or Why should you arouse
  3. 3Or it

Cross references

  1. aSong 2:7; 3:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.

NLTNew Living Translation

Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,

not to awaken love until the time is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,

do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!

KJV 1900King James Version

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.