Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Watchtower
ONLINE LIBRARY
English
  • BIBLE
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • MEETINGS
  • Song of Solomon 8
  • New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

No video available for this selection.

Sorry, there was an error loading the video.

Song of Solomon Outline

    • THE SHULAMMITE IN JERUSALEM (3:6–8:4)

    • THE SHULAMMITE RETURNS, HER LOYALTY PROVED (8:5-14)

        • Young woman’s brothers (5a)

          • ‘Who is this, leaning upon her dear one?’

        • Young woman (5b-7)

          • “Love is as strong as death is” (6)

        • Young woman’s brothers (8, 9)

          • “If she is a wall, . . . but if she is a door, . . .” (9)

        • Young woman (10-12)

          • “I am a wall” (10)

        • Shepherd (13)

          • ‘Let me hear your voice’

        • Young woman (14)

          • “Be swift like a gazelle”

Song of Solomon 8:1

Marginal References

  • +Ca 1:2

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:2

Marginal References

  • +Ca 3:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1016

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1016;

    w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:3

Marginal References

  • +Ca 2:6

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:4

Marginal References

  • +Ca 2:7; 3:5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 996

  • Publications Index

    it-2 996; yp 254;

    w57 724, 733

Song of Solomon 8:6

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “Sheol,” that is, the common grave of mankind. See Glossary.

  • *

    “Jah” is a shortened form of the name Jehovah.

Marginal References

  • +Joh 15:13; Eph 5:25; Re 12:11
  • +De 4:24; 1Jo 4:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    5/2023, p. 20

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 29

    5/15/2012, p. 4

    11/15/2006, p. 20

    11/15/1987, p. 25

  • Publications Index

    w23.05 20; w15 1/15 29; w12 5/15 4; w06 11/15 20; w87 11/15 25;

    w80 4/15 18, 20-21; g78 8/8 27; w65 49; w64 495; w57 734; ep 203; w31 72

Song of Solomon 8:7

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “He.”

Marginal References

  • +1Co 13:8, 13
  • +Ro 8:38, 39

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w80 4/15 20; g78 8/8 27; w64 495; w57 734

Song of Solomon 8:8

Marginal References

  • +Ca 1:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 996

  • Publications Index

    it-2 996;

    w80 4/15 19-20; yy 28-29; w73 521-522; w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 645

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 996

  • Publications Index

    it-1 645; it-2 996; yp 188;

    w80 4/15 19-20; yy 29-30, 136; w73 521-522; w72 219; ad 462; w57 733

Song of Solomon 8:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 996

    Awake!,

    2/22/1992, p. 10

  • Publications Index

    it-2 996; g92 2/22 10; yp 188;

    yy 30, 136; w73 522; w72 219; w57 734

Song of Solomon 8:11

Marginal References

  • +Ec 2:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 232

  • Publications Index

    it-1 232;

    w57 734

Song of Solomon 8:12

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “The thousand.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 734

Song of Solomon 8:13

Marginal References

  • +Ca 1:6; 6:11
  • +Ca 2:14

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 734

Song of Solomon 8:14

Marginal References

  • +Ca 2:9, 17

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 734

Parallel Translations

Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.

General

Song of Sol. 8:1Ca 1:2
Song of Sol. 8:2Ca 3:4
Song of Sol. 8:3Ca 2:6
Song of Sol. 8:4Ca 2:7; 3:5
Song of Sol. 8:6Joh 15:13; Eph 5:25; Re 12:11
Song of Sol. 8:6De 4:24; 1Jo 4:8
Song of Sol. 8:71Co 13:8, 13
Song of Sol. 8:7Ro 8:38, 39
Song of Sol. 8:8Ca 1:6
Song of Sol. 8:11Ec 2:4
Song of Sol. 8:13Ca 1:6; 6:11
Song of Sol. 8:13Ca 2:14
Song of Sol. 8:14Ca 2:9, 17
  • New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
  • Read in New World Translation (nwt)
  • Read in Reference Bible (Rbi8)
  • Read in Byington (by)
  • Read in American Standard Version (bi22)
  • Read in Rotherham (rh)
  • Read in King James Version (bi10)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
Song of Solomon 8:1-14

The Song of Solomon

8 “If only you were like my brother,

Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!

Then if I found you outside, I would kiss you,+

And no one would despise me.

 2 I would lead you;

I would bring you into the house of my mother,+

She who taught me.

I would give you spiced wine to drink,

The fresh juice of pomegranates.

 3 His left hand would be under my head,

And his right hand would embrace me.+

 4 I put you under oath, O daughters of Jerusalem:

Do not try to awaken or arouse love in me until it feels inclined.”+

 5 “Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

Leaning upon her dear one?”

“Under the apple tree I awakened you.

There your mother was in labor with you.

There she who gave birth to you was in labor.

 6 Place me as a seal upon your heart,

As a seal upon your arm,

For love is as strong as death is,+

And exclusive devotion is as unyielding as the Grave.*

Its flames are a blazing fire, the flame of Jah.*+

 7 Surging waters cannot extinguish love,+

Nor can rivers wash it away.+

If a man would offer all the wealth of his house for love,

It* would be utterly despised.”

 8 “We have a little sister,+

And she has no breasts.

What will we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for?”

 9 “If she is a wall,

We will build upon her a battlement of silver,

But if she is a door,

We will board her up with a cedar plank.”

10 “I am a wall,

And my breasts are like towers.

So in his eyes I have become

As one who finds peace.

11 Solʹo·mon had a vineyard+ in Baʹal-haʹmon.

He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.

Each one would bring in a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.

12 I have my own vineyard at my disposal.

The thousand pieces of silver* belong to you, O Solʹo·mon,

And two hundred to those who care for its fruit.”

13 “O you who are dwelling in the gardens,+

The companions listen for your voice.

Let me hear it.”+

14 “Hurry, my dear one,

And be swift like a gazelle+

Or a young stag

Upon the mountains of spices.”

English Publications (1950-2025)
Log Out
Log In
  • English
  • Share
  • Preferences
  • Copyright © 2025 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Settings
  • JW.ORG
  • Log In
Share