Song of Solomon 8:1 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [LOOKING FORWARD to the shepherd's arrival, the eager girl pictures their meeting and says] Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I should find you without, I would kiss you, yes, and none would despise me [for it]. [Ps. 143:6.] More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible If only you were as my brother— the one who nursed at my mother’s breast. I would find you in the street and kiss you, and no one would shame me for it. Catholic Public Domain Version Bride to Groom: Who will give you to me as my brother, feeding from the breasts of my mother, so that I may discover you outside, and may kiss you, and so that now no one may despise me? |