Parallel SNG 8:1

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BSB  ⇔ O that you were to me like a brother
⇔ who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
 ⇔ If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you,
⇔ and no one would despise me.

OEB O that thou wert my brother,
⇔ That nursed at the breasts of my mother!
 ⇔ If I found thee without, I would kiss thee,
⇔ Nor fear the contempt of another.

WEB Oh that you were like my brother,
⇔ who nursed from the breasts of my mother!
 ⇔ If I found you outside, I would kiss you;
⇔ yes, and no one would despise me.

NET Oh, how I wish you were my little brother,
 ⇔ nursing at my mother’s breasts;
 ⇔ if I saw you outside, I could kiss you –
 ⇔ surely no one would despise me!

LSV Who makes you as a brother to me,
Suckling the breasts of my mother? I find you outside, I kiss you,
Indeed, they do not despise me,

FBV How I wish you were like a brother to me, one who nursed at my mother's breasts! Then if I met you on the street I could kiss you and no one would tell me off.

T4T I wish that you were my brother
⇔ who ◄nursed at/drank milk from► my mother’s breasts when you were a baby,
 ⇔ because, if you were my brother, if I saw you when you were outside the house,
⇔ I could kiss you,
⇔ and no one would say that my doing that was wrong.

LEB No LEB SNG 8:1 verse available

BBE Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me.

ASV Oh that thou wert as my brother,
 ⇔ That sucked the breasts of my mother!
 ⇔ When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee;
 ⇔ Yea, and none would despise me.

DRA Who shall give thee to me for my brother, sucking the breasts of my mother, that I may find thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may despise me?

YLT Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

DBY Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.

RV Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me.

WBS O that thou wert as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yes, I should not be despised.

KJB O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.[fn]
  (O that thou/you wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.)

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BB O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised,
  (O that I might find thee without and kisse thee, whom I love as my brother which suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou/you shalt not be dispised,)

GNV Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.
  (Oh that thou/you werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would find thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee. )

CB O that I might fynde the without & kysse ye, whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes: & that thou woldest not be offended,
  (O that I might find the without and kysse ye, whom I love as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes: and that thou/you would not be offended,)

WYC Who `mai grante to me thee, my brother, soukynge the tetis of my modir, that Y fynde thee aloone without forth, and that Y kisse thee, and no man dispise me thanne?
  (Who `mai grante to me thee, my brother, soukynge the tetis of my modir, that I find thee alone without forth, and that I kisse thee, and no man despise me then?)

LUT O daß ich dich, mein Bruder, der du meiner Mutter Brüste saugest, draußen fände und dich küssen müßte, daß mich niemand höhnete!
  (O that I dich, my brother, the you my Mutter Brüste saugest, outside fände and you/yourself küssen müßte, that me no_one höhnete!)

CLV [Quis mihi det te fratrem meum, sugentem ubera matris meæ, ut inveniam te foris, et deosculer te, et jam me nemo despiciat?[fn]
  ([Who to_me det you(sg) brother mine, sugentem ubera matris meæ, as inveniam you(sg) foris, and deosculer you(sg), and yam me nemo despiciat?)

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BRN I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.

BrLXX Τίς δῴη σε, ἀδελφιδέ μου, θηλάζοντα μαστοὺς μητρός μου; εὑροῦσά σε ἔξω φιλήσω σε, καί γε οὐκ ἐξουδενώσουσί μοι.
  (Tis dōaʸ se, adelfide mou, thaʸlazonta mastous maʸtros mou; heurousa se exō filaʸsō se, kai ge ouk exoudenōsousi moi. )