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Song of Solomon 8:1
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If only I could treat you like my brother,
Oh that you were like my brother, Who sucked the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; Yes, and no one would despise me.
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
I wish you were like my brother who fed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would look down on me.
"Oh, that you were like a brother to me, Who nursed at the breasts of my mother. If I found you out of doors, I would kiss you; No one would blame me or despise me, either.
Oh that you were like my brother, Who sucked the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; Yes, and no one would despise me.
Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.
"Oh that you were like a brother to meWho nursed at my mother's breasts.If I found you outside, I would kiss you;No one would despise me, either.
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
She Speaks: If you were my brother, I could kiss you whenever we happen to meet, and no one would say I did wrong.
I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother's breast; then, if I met you outdoors, I could kiss you, and no one would look down on me.
Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.
If you were a baby, like my little brother nursing at his mother's breasts, and if I found you outside, I could kiss you, and no one would say it was wrong.
WHO shall give you to me for my brother that sucked the breasts of my mother? When I should find you in the street, I would kiss you; yea, I should not be despised.
I wish that you were my brother, that my mother had nursed you at her breast. Then, if I met you in the street, I could kiss you and no one would mind.
How I wish that you were my little brother, who nursed upon my mother's breasts! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me!
Who can give You to me, as my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother? When I find You outside, I would kiss You. They also would not despise me.
O that I might fynde the without & kysse ye, whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes: & that thou woldest not be offended,
Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.
Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.
Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me.
O that thou wert as my brother that sucked the brests of my mother, when I should find thee without, I would kisse thee, yet I should not be despised.
O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised,
I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.
Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me.
Who `mai grante to me thee, my brother, soukynge the tetis of my modir, that Y fynde thee aloone without forth, and that Y kisse thee, and no man dispise me thanne?
Oh that you were as my brother, That nursed the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find you outside, I would kiss you; Yes, and none would despise me.
O that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yes, I should not be despised.
The Beloved to Her Lover:
Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you— surely no one would despise me!Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.
Young Woman
Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.O that you were like a brother to me, who nursed at my mother's breast! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother, - Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me!
Who shall give thee to me for my brother, sucking the breasts of my mother, that I may find thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may despise me?
O that you were like a brother to me, that nursed at my mother's breast! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
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,
I wish you'd been my twin brother, sharing with me the breasts of my mother, Playing outside in the street, kissing in plain view of everyone, and no one thinking anything of it. I'd take you by the hand and bring you home where I was raised by my mother. You'd drink my wine and kiss my cheeks.
"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
Contextual Overview
The Woman
"I woke you up under the fruit tree. There your mother suffered and gave birth to you. Put me over your heart and on your arm, never to be taken off. For love is as strong as death. Jealousy is as hard as the grave. Its bright light is like the light of fire, the very fire of the Lord. Many waters cannot put out love. Rivers cannot cover it. If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, it would all be hated." "We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day when she is promised in marriage? If she is a wall, we should build on her a tower of silver. But if she is a door, we should cover her with strong pieces of cedar wood." "I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers. Then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace." "Solomon has a grape-field at Baal-hamon. He put the grape-field into the care of certain men. Each one was to bring 1,000 pieces of silver for its fruit. My own grape-field is for myself. The 1,000 pieces of silver are for you, Solomon. And 200 are for those who take care of its fruit." "O you who sit in the gardens, my friends are listening for your voice. Let me hear it." "Hurry, my love. Be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices."Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that thou: Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Haggai 2:7, Zechariah 9:9, Malachi 3:1, Matthew 13:16, Matthew 13:17, Luke 2:26-32, Luke 2:38, Luke 10:23, Luke 10:24, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 2:11, Hebrews 2:12
sucked: Isaiah 66:11, Isaiah 66:12, Galatians 4:26
find thee: John 1:14, John 3:13, John 8:42, John 13:3, John 16:28, Hebrews 2:9-14, Hebrews 9:26-28
I would: Song of Solomon 1:2, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 45:10, Psalms 45:11, Luke 7:45-48, Luke 9:26, Luke 12:8, John 7:46-52, John 9:25-38, Galatians 6:14, Philippians 3:3, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8
yea: Psalms 51:17, Psalms 102:16, Psalms 102:17, Mark 12:42-44, Mark 14:6-9
I should not be despised: Heb. they should not despise me, Isaiah 60:14, Luke 10:16, Luke 18:9, 1 Corinthians 1:28
Reciprocal: Proverbs 7:4 - Thou Song of Solomon 4:5 - two breasts Song of Solomon 5:1 - my sister Song of Solomon 8:5 - there she
Cross-References
Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.
But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him.
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and gave burnt gifts in worship on the altar.
While the earth lasts, planting time and gathering time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end."
But when God destroyed the cities of the valley, He remembered Abraham. He sent Lot out of the center of the danger, when He destroyed the cities where Lot lived.
Then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her, and made her able to have a child,
God heard their crying and remembered His agreement with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Then Moses put out his hand over the sea. And the Lord moved the sea all night by a strong east wind. So the waters were divided.
The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you hit your donkey these three times? See, I have come out against you, because your way was against me.
The family got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord. Then they returned to their house in Ramah. Elkanah lay with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O that thou [wert] as my brother,.... Or, "who will give thee as a brother to me?" q an usual form of wishing, Deuteronomy 5:29
Psalms 14:7. The church here not only requests that Christ would be like a brother to her, but appear to be really one, and to act the part of one towards her; with whom she might as freely converse as brother and sister may. Several Jewish r writers own, that the King Messiah is intended here; and in such a relation Christ does stand to his church and people, by virtue of his incarnation, Hebrews 2:11; hence many of the ancients take this to be a wish of the Jewish church, for the coming of Christ in the flesh; and also through their adoption, he and they having one Father, John 20:17; and by being of a like nature, disposition, and practice, Matthew 12:50; as well as on the score of love and friendship, Proverbs 18:24; and this relation Christ fills up, by the intimacy and familiarity he uses them with; by his compassion on them, and sympathy with them, in all their afflictions; by the help, aid, and relief, he gives them; by his condescension to their weaknesses, and by his great love and affection for them. As a further description of him as a brother, it is added,
that sucked the breasts of my mother; which may denote the truth and reality of Christ's incarnation, being a sucking infant: and the near relation of Christ to his people, being a brother by the mother's side, reckoned the nearest, and their affection to each other the strongest: by her "mother" may be meant Jerusalem above, the mother of us all; and, by her "breasts", the ordinances, of which Christ, as man, partook when on earth, and now may be said to suck, as formed in the hearts of his people;
[when] I should find thee without; or, "in the street" s; in public ordinances, where Christ is to be found; or outside of Judea, in the Gentile world, where, after his coming in the flesh, his Gospel was preached, the ordinances administered, and he was there to be found; or in the most public place and manner, where she should not be ashamed to own him, his truths and ordinances, before men;
I would kiss thee; not only with a kiss of approbation, Proverbs 24:16; but of love and affection, of faith and confidence, of homage and subjection, of worship and adoration; see Psalms 2:12; this is an usage with relations and friends, brothers and sisters, at meeting; hence Heunischius refers this to the time when the saints shall meet Christ in the clouds, who will be admitted to the nearest embraces of him, with unspeakable pleasure, and enjoy him to all eternity;
yea, I should not be despised; for taking such freedom with Christ, her brother. Or, "they would not despise me" t; neither men nor angels, for such an action, and still less God, the Father, Son, and Spirit; which she might conclude from the relation between them, it being no more unseemly than for a sister to use such freedom with an own brother, even in the street; and from the reception she had reason to believe she should meet with from Christ: who would not turn away his face from her, when she offered to kiss him, which would occasion shame and blushing. The whole expresses her boldness in professing Christ, without fear or shame, in the most public manner.
q מי יתנך "quis det te?" Pagninus, Montanus, Marckius. r Targum in loc. Zohar in Gen. fol. 104. 1. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 73. 3. Caphtor Uperah, fol. 5. 2. s בחוץ "in platen", Montanus, Brightman, Marckius; "in publico", Cocceius, Michaelis. t לא יבזי לי "non contemnent, vel contemnerent me", Montanus, Brightman, Marckius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Royal rank and splendor are grown wearisome. The king once called her “sister” and “sister-bride.” Would he were indeed as a “brother,” her mother’s own child whom she might meet, embrace, and welcome everywhere without restraint or shame. Her love for him is simple, sacred, pure, free from the unrest and the stains of mere earthly passion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VIII
The love of the bride to her spouse, and the nature of that
love, 1-7.
The younger sister, 8-10.
Solomon's vineyard, 11, 12.
The confidence of the bride and bridegroom in each other,
13, 14.
NOTES ON CHAP. VIII
Verse Song of Solomon 8:1. O that thou wert as my brother — The bride, fearing that her fondness for her spouse might be construed into too great a familiarity, wishes that he were her little brother; and then she might treat him in the most affectionate manner, and kiss him even in the streets without suspicion, and without giving offense to any one.
