Song of Solomon 8:7–14

7 “Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor will rivers overflow it;

aIf a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,

It would be utterly despised.”

8 “1We have a little sister,

And she ahas no breasts;

What shall we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for?

9 “If she is a wall,

We will build on her a battlement of silver;

But if she is a door,

We will barricade her with aplanks of cedar.”

10 “1I was a wall, and amy breasts were like towers;

Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

11 “Solomon had a avineyard at Baal-hamon;

He bentrusted the vineyard to ccaretakers.

Each one was to bring a dthousand shekels of silver for its efruit.

12 “My very own vineyard is 1at my disposal;

The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

13 “1O you who sit in the gardens,

My acompanions are listening for your voice—

bLet me hear it!”

14 “1, 2Hurry, my beloved,

And be alike a gazelle or a young 3stag

On the bmountains of spices.”