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Song of Solomon 8:4
Song of Solomon 8:4 is verse 4 of Song of Solomon chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
King James Version
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
World English Bible
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
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Song of Solomon 8:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?
6 Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Song of Solomon 2:7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Song of Solomon 3:5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.