Song of Solomon 8:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Song of Solomon 8:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Song of Solomon 8:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yah.”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — World English Bible
Song of Solomon 8:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. ”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — American Standard Version
Song of Solomon 8:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Song of Solomon 8:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. ”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — Darby Translation
Song of Solomon 8:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.”
Song of Solomon 8:6 — Geneva Bible
Song of Solomon 8:6 in Context — Song of Solomon 8
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
What Does Song of Solomon 8:6 Mean?
Song of Solomon 8:6 is a verse from the Book of Song of Solomon, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Song of Solomon chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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