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Song of Solomon 8:8

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?

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

7Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

9If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:17His name shall endure forever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 8:10I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof: Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

Ezekiel 16:7I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast naked and bare.

Ezekiel 16:55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:6-8

The Church's Dependence on Christ; The Love of the Church to Christ. 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 bare thee. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods… Read the whole commentary →

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