4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.


In Context

1 Who shall give thee to me for my brother, sucking the breasts of my mother, that I may find thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may despise me?

2 I will take hold of thee, and bring thee Into my mother's house: there thou shalt teach me, and I will give thee a cup of spiced wine and new wine of my pomegranates.

3 His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.

5 Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.

6 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

Song of Solomon 8:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake my love, till he please?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awaken love, until it please.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!