Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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The bride says this as she clings to his arm and rests her head upon his bosom. Compare Joh 13:23; Joh 21:20. This brief dialogue corresponds to the longer one Cant. 4:7–5:1, on the day of their…
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it Better, neither can rivers drown it. The word translated drownmay also mean sweep away(cp. Isa 28:17): but as love has just been…
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