Song of Solomon 8:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ Who is this coming out of the ·desert [wilderness; 3:6],
leaning on her lover?

I ·woke [aroused] you under the apple tree
    where ·you were born [^Lyour mother conceived you];
    there ·your mother gave birth to you [^Lthe one who gave you birth conceived you].
⁶ ·Put [Set] me like a seal [^Cleaving an impression on clay, showing ownership] on your heart [^Cinside],
    like a seal on your arm [^Coutside].
Love is as strong as death;
    ·jealousy [or passion] is as ·strong [tenacious] as the grave.
·Love bursts into flames [^LIts flame is an intense fire]
    ·and burns like a hot fire [or a godlike flame].
⁷ Even much water cannot put out the flame of love;
    floods cannot ·drown [flood] love.
If a man offered ·everything [^Lall the wealth] in his house for love,
    ·people would totally reject it [or he would be completely despised].