Song Of Solomon 8:6 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.
World English Bible (WEB)
Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings `are' burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
| Set | שִׂימֵ֨נִי | śîmēnî | see-MAY-nee |
| me as a seal | כַֽחוֹתָ֜ם | kaḥôtām | ha-hoh-TAHM |
| upon | עַל | ʿal | al |
| thine heart, | לִבֶּ֗ךָ | libbekā | lee-BEH-ha |
| seal a as | כַּֽחוֹתָם֙ | kaḥôtām | ka-hoh-TAHM |
| upon | עַל | ʿal | al |
| thine arm: | זְרוֹעֶ֔ךָ | zĕrôʿekā | zeh-roh-EH-ha |
| for | כִּֽי | kî | kee |
| love | עַזָּ֤ה | ʿazzâ | ah-ZA |
| is strong | כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ | kammāwet | ha-MA-VET |
| death; as | אַהֲבָ֔ה | ʾahăbâ | ah-huh-VA |
| jealousy | קָשָׁ֥ה | qāšâ | ka-SHA |
| is cruel | כִשְׁא֖וֹל | kišʾôl | heesh-OLE |
| grave: the as | קִנְאָ֑ה | qinʾâ | keen-AH |
| the coals | רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ | rĕšāpêhā | reh-sha-FAY-ha |
| coals are thereof | רִשְׁפֵּ֕י | rišpê | reesh-PAY |
| of fire, | אֵ֖שׁ | ʾēš | aysh |
| which hath a most vehement flame. | שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃ | šalhebetyâ | shahl-HEH-vet-ya |