Verse
Song of Songs 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love…
“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.”
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The verses around Song of Songs 8:6.
4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6Set 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.
7Many 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.
8We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Verse explanation
The request to be set “as a seal upon the heart” and the statement that “love is strong as death” are among the best-known verses in the book, describing the intensity and definitive commitment the poetry attributes to true love.
From the Song of Songs 8 study in Bible in Stories.
Song of Songs 8:6 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Põe-me como sello sobre o teu coração, como sello sobre o teu braço, porque o amor é forte como a morte, e duro como a sepultura o ciume: as suas brazas são brazas de fogo, labaredas do Senhor.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Põe-me como selo sobre o teu coração, como selo sobre o teu braço; porque o amor é forte como a morte, e o ciúme é severo como o Xeol; suas brasas são brasas de fogo, labaredas intensas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Pon mi nombre como un sello en tu corazón, como un sello en tu brazo, porque el amor es fuerte como la muerte, la pasión tan inquebrantable como el sepulcro; sus flechas brillan como el fuego, una llama ardiente del Señor.
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In other languages: Português (Cânticos 8:6) · Español (Cantar de los Cantares 8:6)
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