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


In Context

1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

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

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.

Song of Songs 8:4 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she 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!