Song of Solomon 8:7
Many 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.
KJV
Aquæ multæ non potuerunt extinguere caritatem, nec flumina obruent illam. Si dederit homo omnem substantiam domus suæ pro dilectione, quasi nihil despiciet eam.
Vulgate
ὕδωρ πολὺ οὐ δυνήσεται σβέσαι τὴν ἀγάπην, καὶ ποταμοὶ οὐ συνκλύσουσιν αὐτήν. ἐὰν δῷ ἀνὴρ τὸν πάντα βίον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἐξουδενώσει ἐξουδενώσουσιν αὐτόν.
LXX
Many 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.
ASV
מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְ/כַבּ֣וֹת אֶת הָֽ/אַהֲבָ֔ה וּ/נְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּ/הָ אִם יִתֵּ֨ן אִ֜ישׁ אֶת כָּל ה֤וֹן בֵּית/וֹ֙ בָּ/אַהֲבָ֔ה בּ֖וֹז יָב֥וּזוּ לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1611Seeing God's covenant with Israel in the image of exclusive and faithful married love, the prophets prepared the Chosen People's conscience for a deepened understanding of the unity and indissolubility of marriage.102 The books of Ruth and Tobit bear moving witness to an elevated sense of marriage and to the fidelity and tenderness of spouses. Tradition has always seen in the S…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
- Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
- Matt 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Prov 6:31 — But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Prov 6:35 — He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Rom 13:8 — Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.