Song of Songs 8:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its coals are coals of fire, with a most vehement flame.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as fierce as the grave. Its flames are fiery flames, the very flame of the Lord.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set{H7760} me as a seal{H2368} upon thy heart,{H3820} As a seal{H2368} upon thine arm:{H2220} For love{H160} is strong{H5794} as death;{H4194} Jealousy{H7068} is cruel{H7186} as Sheol;{H7585} The flashes{H7565} thereof are flashes{H7565} of fire,{H784} A very flame{H7957} of Jehovah.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set{H7760}{(H8798)} me as a seal{H2368} upon thine heart{H3820}, as a seal{H2368} upon thine arm{H2220}: for love{H160} is strong{H5794} as death{H4194}; jealousy{H7068} is cruel{H7186} as the grave{H7585}: the coals{H7565} thereof are coals{H7565} of fire{H784}, which hath a most vehement flame{H7957}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpo thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Nature of True LoveThe Beloved to Her Lover: 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 49:16 : 16 Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
  • Hag 2:23 : 23 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the LORD, and will make you like a signet ring: for I have chosen you, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 22:24 : 24 As I live, says the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you thence;
  • Prov 6:34 : 34 For jealousy is a husband's fury: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
  • John 21:15-19 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, When you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go. 19 He said this, signifying by what death he would glorify God. After he spoke this, he said to him, Follow me.
  • Exod 28:29-30 : 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the LORD continually. 30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
  • Num 5:14 : 14 And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself:
  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
  • Phil 1:20-23 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
  • Num 25:11 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous for my sake among them, that I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
  • Exod 28:9-9 : 9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone, and the other six names on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial.
  • Exod 28:21 : 21 And the stones shall have the names of the children of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet. Each one with its own name, they shall be according to the twelve tribes.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving, says the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
  • Prov 25:22 : 22 For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.
  • Ps 63:1 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    80%

    7 Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, it would utterly be scorned.

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

  • Song 7:10
    74%

    10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

  • Song 4:6-10
    5 verses
    73%

    6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

    8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

  • Song 6:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

    4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

    5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

  • Song 5:8-9
    2 verses
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    8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

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  • Song 7:6-7
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    6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

    7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

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    2 verses
    72%

    13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

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    3 verses
    72%

    3 His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand would embrace me.

    4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

    5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.

  • Song 4:12
    72%

    12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song 2:2-7
    6 verses
    72%

    2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

    3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4 He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love.

    5 Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.

    6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

    7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

  • Song 1:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 I have compared you, my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

    10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.

  • Song 1:2
    71%

    2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

  • Prov 5:19
    71%

    19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.

  • Song 8:14
    71%

    14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.

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    70%

    27 Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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    70%

    4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 1:7
    70%

    7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

  • Song 3:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

    5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song 4:15
    70%

    15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

    10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • Song 6:10
    70%

    10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

  • Song 7:12
    70%

    12 Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.

  • Prov 7:3
    69%

    3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Zech 8:2
    69%

    2 Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

  • Prov 6:25
    69%

    25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

  • Song 6:1
    69%

    1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

  • Prov 6:21
    69%

    21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck.

  • Song 5:16
    69%

    16 His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Eccl 7:26
    69%

    26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.

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