Song of Solomon 8:7
Song of Solomon chapter 8 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Many 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.
Context
v.6Set 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.
v.7This passage
v.8We 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?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 13:8
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
- Romans 8:28
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
- Matthew 7:24
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
- Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
- Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- Isaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.