Verse List for SNG 8:6

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B I ◄ ← Sng 8:6 ↓ → ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The bride (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Place me like the seal on your heart, ⇔ like the seal on your arm, ⇔ because live is strong like death. ⇔ Zeal is unyielding like the grave. ⇔ Its flashes are flashes of fire—Yah’s flame.

OET-LV Put_me like_seal on heart _of_your like_seal on arm _of_your if/because is_strong like_death love is_severe like_Shəʼōl jealousy flames _of_its are_flames _of fire a powerful _flame.
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ULT Place me like the seal on your heart, ⇔ like the seal on your arm, ⇔ because strong like death, is love; ⇔ unyielding like Sheol, is zeal. ⇔ Its flashes, are flashes of fire, ⇔ the flame of Yah.

UST Keep me close to you, ⇔  like a seal that rests against your chest as it hangs down from its cord, ⇔ or like a seal worn on your bracelet. ⇔ The strength with which I love you is as powerful as the strength of death; ⇔  it is as strong as the grave. ⇔ It is as though our love for each other bursts into flames, ⇔  and as though our love is the lightning that Yahweh creates.

BSB & MSB Set me as a seal over your heart, ⇔  as a seal upon your arm. ⇔ For love is as strong as death, ⇔  its jealousy[fn] as unrelenting as Sheol. ⇔ Its sparks are fiery flames, ⇔  the fiercest blaze of all.

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WEBBE ⇔  Set me as a seal on your heart, ⇔  as a seal on your arm; ⇔  for love is strong as death. ⇔  Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.[fn] ⇔  Its flashes are flashes of fire, ⇔  a very flame of the LORD.[fn]

WMBB ⇔  Set me as a seal on your heart, ⇔  as a seal on your arm; ⇔  for love is strong as death. ⇔  Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.[fn] ⇔  Its flashes are flashes of fire, ⇔  a very flame of the LORD.[fn]

NET Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, ⇔ like a signet on your arm. ⇔ For love is as strong as death, ⇔ passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. ⇔ Its flames burst forth, ⇔ it is a blazing flame.

LSV Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm,
For strong as death is love,
Sharp as Sheol is jealousy,
Its burnings [are] burnings of fire, a flame of YAH!

FBV Stamp my name as a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm,[fn] for love is strong as death, passion as unyielding as the grave—its arrows flash like fire, a blazing flame of the Lord.

T4T Keep me close to you, ⇔  like [SIM] a seal on your heart, ⇔ or like [SIM] a bracelet on your arm. ⇔ Our love for each other is as powerful as death, ⇔  it is as enduring as the grave. ⇔ It is as though our love for each other bursts into flames ⇔  and burns like a hot fire.

LEB
• Set me as a seal upon your heart,
  • as a seal upon your arm;
• for love is strong as death;
  • passion is fierce as Sheol;
• its flashes are flashes of fire;
  • it is a blazing flame.

BBE Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

Moff Wear me as a seal close to your heart, ⇔  wear me like a ring upon your hand;

JPS Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave; the flashes thereof are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.

ASV ⇔  Set me as a seal upon thy heart, ⇔ As a seal upon thine arm: ⇔ For love is strong as death; ⇔ Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; ⇔ The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, ⇔ A very flame of Jehovah.

DRA Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

YLT Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings [are] burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

Drby Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.

RV 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 flashes thereof are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.
(Set me as a seal upon thine/your heart, as a seal upon thine/your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the flashes thereof are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.)

SLT Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love was strong as death; jealousy hard as hades: its flames, flames of fire, flames of Jehovah.

Wbstr Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

KJB-1769 ¶ 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.[fn]
(¶ Set me as a seal upon thine/your heart, as a seal upon thine/your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath/has a most vehement flame.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Set mee as a seale vpon thine heart, as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death, iealousie is cruel as the graue: the coales thereof are coales of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps O set me as a seale vpon thine heart, and as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, and gelousie as the hell.
(Oh set me as a seal upon thine/your heart, and as a seal upon thine/your arm: for love is mighty as the death, and jealousy as the hell.)

Gnva Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.
(Set me as a seal on thine/your heart, and as a signet upon thine/your arm: for love is strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are fiery coals, and a vehement flame.)

Cvdl O set me as a seale vpo thine hert, and as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is mightie as the death, & gelousy as the hell. Hir coales are of fyre, and a very flamme of the LORDE:
(Oh set me as a seal upon thine/your heart, and as a seal upon thine/your arm: for love is mighty as the death, and jealousy as the hell. Her coals are of fire, and a very flame of the LORD:)

Wycl Set thou me as a signet on thin herte, as a signet on thin arm; for loue is strong as deth, enuy is hard as helle; the laumpis therof ben laumpis of fier, and of flawmes.
(Set thou/you me as a signet on thin heart, as a signet on thin arm; for love is strong as death, envy is hard as hell; the lamps thereof been lamps of fire, and of flames.)

Luth Setze mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz und wie ein Siegel auf deinen Arm. Denn Liebe ist stark wie der Tod, und Eifer ist fest wie die Hölle. Ihre Glut ist feurig und eine Flamme des HErr’s,
(Set/Put me as/like a seal(n) on/in/to your(s) heart and as/like a seal(n) on/in/to your(s) arm. Because love(n) is stark as/like the/of_the Tod, and zeal is fest as/like the hell. Her Glut is fiery and a/one flame the LORD’s,)

ClVg Sponsa Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum, ut signaculum super brachium tuum, quia fortis est ut mors dilectio, dura sicut infernus æmulatio: lampades ejus lampades ignis atque flammarum.[fn]
(The_bride Pone me as signs/sealsculum over heart your(sg), as signs/sealsculum over arm(n) your(sg), because strong/powerful it_is as death love/delight, hard like hell competition/rivalry: lampades his/her lampades fire and_yet flamerum.)

UHB שִׂימֵ֨⁠נִי כַֽ⁠חוֹתָ֜ם עַל־לִבֶּ֗⁠ךָ כַּֽ⁠חוֹתָם֙ עַל־זְרוֹעֶ֔⁠ךָ כִּֽי־עַזָּ֤ה כַ⁠מָּ֨וֶת֙ אַהֲבָ֔ה קָשָׁ֥ה כִ⁠שְׁא֖וֹל קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕י⁠הָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְ יָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Θές με ὡς σφραγίδα ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου, ὡς σφραγίδα ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονά σου· ὅτι κραταιὰ ὡς θάνατος ἀγάπη, σκληρὸς ὡς ᾅδης ζῆλος· περίπτερα αὐτῆς περίπτερα πυρὸς, φλόγες αὐτῆς.

BrTr Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.