Song of Solomon 8:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never [again attempt to] stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem, never to rouse, never to arouse love until it desires.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Song of Solomon 8:4 Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:5

I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 2:7

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!

Song of Solomon 3:5

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!