Song of Solomon 8:4

I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue vntill he please.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken {my} love Until she pleases."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my' love, Until he please.
- American Standard Version (1901)

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
- Basic English Bible

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?
- Darby Bible

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please.
- Webster's Bible

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends
- World English Bible

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!
- Youngs Literal Bible

'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Song of Solomon 8:4

8:2 Instruct me - Or, where she did instruct or educate me. I would - My gifts and graces should all be employed to serve and glorify thee.

8:5 Who - This and the next clause are the words of the bridegroom, who proposes the question, that he may give the answer following. Her beloved - He speaks of himself in the third person, which is usual in the Hebrew language. I raised - When thou wast dead in trespasses and in the depth of misery. Under - Under my own shadow; for she had compared him to an apple tree, and declared, that under the shadow of the tree she had both delight and fruit, chap.#2:3|, which is the same thing with this raising up. There - Under that tree, either the universal or the primitive church, did conceive and bring thee forth.

8:6 Set me - These are undoubtedly the words of the bride. Let thy heart be constantly set upon me. He seems to allude to the engraven tablets which are frequently worn upon the breast, and to the signet on a man's arm or hand, which they prized at a more than ordinary rate, and which are continually in their sight. For love - My love to thee. Jealousy - Or, zeal; my ardent love to thee. Cruel - Heb. hard, grievous and terrible, and sometimes ready to overwhelm me; therefore have pity upon me, and do not leave me. Fire - It burns and melts my heart like fire.