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Song of Solomon 8:8

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Updated King James Version

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 the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace 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 for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

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

Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

Ezekiel 16:7I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field, and you have increased and becoming great, and you are come to excellent ornaments: your breasts are fashioned, and yours hair is grown, whereas you were naked and bare.

Ezekiel 16:55When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then you and your 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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