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?


In Context

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 bore thee.

6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

7 Many 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.

8 We 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?

9 If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:8We 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?

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 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?