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NASB | Song of Solomon 8:6 "Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Song of Solomon 8:6 ¶ "Put me like a seal on your heart, Like a seal on your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, [A most vehement flame] the very flame of the LORD! [Deut 4:24; Is 49:16; 1 Cor 10:22] |
Bible Question: How is love is as strong as death? |
Bible Answer: Steve, this is a beautiful passage! I believe that "love" here is being symbolized as being 'as strong as death'.. "8:6 The seal was commonly a sign of ownership and an indication of great value. The Shulamite asks to be a seal on her husband’s heart because in being near his heart (the source of his affection) she felt secure in his love. She asked to be a seal upon his arm because here lay his strength to encircle and protect her. Here, at the climax of the book, is found one of the most beautiful and heavenly tributes to love. She describes his love as final and irreversible like “death,” for who can loosen the hold of death, and what hero is more victorious in conquering all than death. His love is exclusive and intense like “jealousy,” just as the grave refuses to yield the dead. Never is concern and care prompted as by jealousy. Godly jealousy is a burning attitude of love. Finally, love is as unquenchable as “fire.” Fire cannot easily be extinguished. In fact, this love is a waterproof torch (v. 7)." (Believer's Study Bible) Love is viewed here as a 'seal', like death.. "..and now asks to share with him a full and enduring love: as indispensable as the royal seal; as sure as death or the grave; as mysterious and unpredictable as fire. Nothing can quench love, and it is beyond price in its value." (Cambridge Annotated Study Bible) "8:6 Like a seal. I.e., like a precious possession. See note on Gen. 38:18. She wants to be her husband’s most treasured possession." (Ryrie's Expanded Edition Study Bible) --Nolan |
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