Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.
International Standard Version
If only you were like a brother to me, like one who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outside I would kiss you, and no one would view me with contempt.
A Conservative Version
Oh that thou were as my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee. Yes, and none would despise me.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Who nursed at the breasts of my mother.
If I found you out of doors, I would kiss you;
No one would blame me or despise me, either.
Bible in Basic English
Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.
Darby Translation
Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.
Julia Smith Translation
Who will give thee as a brother to me, sucking the breasts of my mother? I shall find thee without, I shall kiss thee; also they shall not despise me.
King James 2000
O that you were as my brother, that nursed at the breasts of my mother! if I should find you outside, I would kiss you; yea, I would not be despised.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{How I wish that you were my little brother}, [who] nursed {upon my mother's breasts}! [If] {I met you outside}, I would kiss you, {and no one would despise me}!
Modern King James verseion
Who could give You to me as my brother, who sucked my mother's breasts? When I find You outside, I would kiss You; yea, they would not despise me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that I might find thee without, and kiss thee, whom I love as my brother which sucked my mother's breasts: and that thou wouldest not be offended,
NET Bible
The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you -- surely no one would despise me!
New Heart English Bible
Oh that you were like my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother. If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother, - Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me!
Webster
O that thou wert as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yes, I should not be despised.
World English Bible
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Fanciful Wish
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Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 45:10-11
Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house,
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 102:16-17
For the LORDbuilds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
Song of Songs 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 60:14
The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 66:11-12
that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance."
Haggai 2:7
And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Malachi 3:1
"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
Matthew 13:16-17
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
Mark 12:42-44
And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
Mark 14:6-9
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Luke 2:26-32
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke 2:38
And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Luke 7:45-48
You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet.
Luke 9:26
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Luke 10:16
"The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
Luke 10:23-24
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
Luke 12:8
"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
John 7:46-52
The officers answered, "No one ever spoke like this man!"
John 8:42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
John 9:25-38
He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."
John 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
John 16:28
I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
1 Corinthians 1:28
God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh--
Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Hebrews 2:9-14
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews 9:26-28
for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.