Song of Solomon 8:1 - 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. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769O 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. See the chapterAmplified 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.] See the chapterCommon English BibleIf 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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionBride 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? See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionWho 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? See the chapter |