Song of Solomon 8:8
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“We 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?
We 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?
“We have a little sister And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for [in marriage]?
[Gathered with her family and the wedding guests in her mother’s cottage, the bride said to her stepbrothers, When I was a little girl, you said] We have a little sister and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for in marriage?
¶ We 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?
Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
Our sister is small; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day that she is spoken for?
We have a little sister; her breasts are still unformed. What are we to do with our sister when she is asked for in marriage?
We have a little sister whose breasts are not yet formed. If someone asks to marry her, what should we do?
We 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?—
Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister when a man comes asking to marry her?
We have a younger sister. Her breasts have not yet grown. What will we do to help her when it is the time for her to marry?
We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we make for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a ·little [small] sister, and ·her breasts are not yet grown [L she has no breasts]. What should we do for our sister on the day she ·becomes engaged [L is spoken for; C brothers were in charge of marriage negotiations]?
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister when she shall be spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
We have a young sister, and her breasts are still small. What will we do for her when a young man comes courting?
B Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
We have a little sister, and she has not yet reached maturity. What will we do for our sister to prepare her for her engagement?
¶ We have a little sister, and she still has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
We 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?
We 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?
“We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she does not yet have any breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day when she is betrothed?
“We have a little sister too young for breasts. What shall we do if someone asks to marry her?” King Solomon:
Hang my locket around your neck, wear my ring on your finger. Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell. The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before it. Flood waters can’t drown love, torrents of rain can’t put it out. Love can’t be bought, love can’t be sold— it’s not to be found in the marketplace. My brothers used to worry about me: “Our little sister has no breasts. What shall we do with our little sister when men come asking for her? She’s a virgin and vulnerable, and we’ll protect her. If they think she’s a wall, we’ll top it with barbed wire. If they think she’s a door, we’ll barricade it.”
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
W “We have a little sister; she has no breasts as yet. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
“We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
“We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
“Our sister is little, and her breasts are not yet formed. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
“We have a little sister. Her breasts are still small. What should we do for our sister when she gets engaged?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?
“We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day when she is promised in marriage?
We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have an achot ketannah (little sister), and she hath as yet no breasts. What shall we do for achoteinu (our sister) in the day when she shall be spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister, still without breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
Young Women of Jerusalem: We have a little sister whose breasts have not yet developed. How shall we protect her until the time when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?
Our sister is little, and hath no teats; what shall we do to our sister, in the day when she shall be spoken to? (Our sister is little, or young, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, on the day when she shall be spoken for?)
We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?
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