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


In Context

1 Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

2 I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,

3 His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

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

5 Who is this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge that bare thee.

6 Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

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 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