Song of Solomon 8:6 “Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is…”

Song of Solomon 8:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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 the LORD.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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!

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“as a seal”

Isaiah 49:16 Jeremiah 22:24 Haggai 2:23 Exodus 28:9–12 Exodus 28:21 Zechariah 3:9

Isaiah 49:16 · BSB

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Jeremiah 22:24 · BSB

“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

Haggai 2:23 · BSB

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

Exodus 28:9–12 · BSB

Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

Exodus 28:21 · BSB

The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Zechariah 3:9 · BSB

See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

“love”

Revelation 12:11 Philippians 1:20–23 Song of Solomon 5:8 John 21:15–19 Psalm 84:2 Acts 20:24

Revelation 12:11 · BSB

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Philippians 1:20–23 · BSB

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

John 21:15–19 · BSB

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Psalm 84:2 · BSB

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Acts 20:24 · BSB

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

“jealousy”

Numbers 5:14 Proverbs 6:34 Deuteronomy 32:21 Numbers 25:11 2 Corinthians 11:2

Numbers 5:14 · BSB

and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

Proverbs 6:34 · BSB

For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Numbers 25:11 · BSB

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

2 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

“the coals”

Psalm 120:4 Proverbs 25:22 Romans 12:20

Psalm 120:4 · BSB

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Proverbs 25:22 · BSB

For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Romans 12:20 · BSB

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? The Bride I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

7Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

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