Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{I would surely bring you} to the house of my mother, {who would surely teach me}; {I would give you spiced wine to drink}, the {sweet wine} of my pomegranates.
New American Standard Bible
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
King James Version
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Holman Bible
to the house of my mother
I would give you spiced wine to drink
from my pomegranate juice.
International Standard Version
I would lead you, I would bring you to the house of my mother who used to teach me. I would give you some spiced wine to drink, from the juice of my pomegranates.
A Conservative Version
I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
American Standard Version
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
Amplified
“I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
Bible in Basic English
I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.
Darby Translation
I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldest instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
Julia Smith Translation
I will lead thee, I will bring thee to the house of my mother; thou wilt teach me: I will give thee to drink from spiced wine from the new wine of my pomegranate.
King James 2000
I would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, who had instructed me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Modern King James verseion
I would lead You, and bring You into my mother's house. You would instruct me; I would cause You to drink spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
if I took thee, and brought thee into my mother's house - that thou mightest teach me, and that I might give thee drink of spiced wine and of the sweet sap of my pomegranates.
NET Bible
I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
New Heart English Bible
I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
The Emphasized Bible
I would have guided thee - brought thee into the house of my mother, Thou wouldst have instructed me, - I would have let thee drink of spiced wine, of the pressed-out juice of my pomegranate.
Webster
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
World English Bible
I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
Youngs Literal Translation
I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,
Themes
Pomegranate-trees » The jews » Drank the juice of
Wine » Often spiced to increase its strength, &c
Interlinear
Nahag
Bayith
Lamad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Fanciful Wish
1 {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}! 2 {I would surely bring you} to the house of my mother, {who would surely teach me}; {I would give you spiced wine to drink}, the {sweet wine} of my pomegranates. 3 His left [hand is] under my head, and his right [hand] embraces me.
Cross References
Song of Songs 3:4
{Scarcely had I passed} by them when I found him whom my {heart} loves. I held him and I would not let him go until I brought him to the house of my mother, into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.
Proverbs 9:2
She has slaughtered her slaughtering, mixed her wine, [and] also set her table.
Song of Songs 4:10-1
How beautiful is your love, my sister bride! How better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
Song of Songs 7:9
Your palate [is] like the best wine that goes down for my beloved, smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.
Song of Songs 7:12
Let us rise early [to go] to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded, [whether] the grape blossom has opened, and [whether] the pomegranates {are in bloom}; there I will give my love to you.
Luke 16:29-31
But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.'
John 5:39
You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.
John 5:46-47
For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me.
Acts 17:11-12
Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
2 Timothy 3:15
and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 1:10-12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,
2 Peter 1:19
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."