Song of Songs 8:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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?

KJV

¶ 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?

WEB

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?

ASV

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?

LSV

We have a little sister, and she does not have breasts, || What do we do for our sister, || In the day that it is told of her?

YLT

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?

DBY

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? —

DRC

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?

GNV

Wee haue a litle sister, and she hath no breastes: what shall we do for our sister when she shalbe spoken for?

JPS

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?

LXXE

Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for?

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָח֥וֹת לָ֨נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ בַּיּ֖וֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀδελφή ἡμῶν μικρὰ καὶ μαστοὺς οὐκ ἔχει· τί ποιήσωμεν τῇ ἀδελφῇ ἡμῶν, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐὰν λαληθῇ ἐν αὐτῇ;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
• Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
• Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• Ezekiel 16:55–56And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state. Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an…
• Acts 15:14–17Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written: ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of…
• Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…
• Romans 3:1–2What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
• Acts 10:1–11:18At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. One…
• Psalms 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
• Acts 26:17–18I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive…
• Song of Songs 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
• Acts 16:9During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
• Ezekiel 16:7I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
• Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
• Psalms 72:17–19May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed. Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.…
• Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

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