Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, 1 As a seal upon thine arm; 1 For love is strong as death; 1 Jealousy is cruel as the grave, 1 Her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Who is this that comes up all white, 1 Leaning on her kinsman? 1 I raised thee up under an apple tree; 1 There thy mother brought thee forth; 1 There she that bore thee brought thee forth. 1

7Much water will not be able to quench love, 1 And rivers shall not drown it; 1 If a man would give all his substance for love, 1 Men would utterly despise it. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 28:21And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.

Numbers 5:14and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she should not be defiled;

Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, 1 They have exasperated me with their idols; 1 And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, 1 I will anger them with a nation void of understanding. 1

Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: 1 Deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. 1

Psalms 84:2O Lord, thou hast taken pleasure in thy land: 1 Thou hast turned back the captivity of Jacob. 1

Proverbs 6:34For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: 1 He will not spare in the day of vengeance. 1

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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