8We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?


In Context

5 Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.

6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.

8 We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?

9 If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

Song of Solomon 8:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:8Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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? —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?