Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And she
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
she has no breasts.
What will we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
International Standard Version
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?
A Conservative Version
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
(The Chorus)
“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]?
Bible in Basic English
We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?
Darby Translation
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? --
Julia Smith Translation
A little sister to us, and no breasts to her: what shall we do for our sister in the day it shall be spoken for her?
King James 2000
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{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}?
Modern King James verseion
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Our sister is but young, and hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister when she shall be spoken for?
NET Bible
The Beloved's Brothers: 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?
New Heart English Bible
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?
The Emphasized Bible
THEYA sister, have we, a little one, and, breasts, hath she none, What shall we do for our sister, in the day when she may be spoken for?
Webster
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?
World English Bible
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
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?
Interlinear
Qatan
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Virtuous Chastity And Voluptuous Beauty
7
Nor will rivers overflow it;
It would be utterly despised.”
And she
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 2:8
And the very
Psalm 72:17-19
May his name
And let men
Psalm 147:19-20
His
Song of Songs 4:5
Twins of a gazelle
Which
Song of Songs 7:3
Twins of a gazelle.
Song of Songs 8:10
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
Isaiah 49:6
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the
I will also make You a
So that My salvation may
Isaiah 60:1-5
And the
Isaiah 60:10-11
And their
For in My
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
Ezekiel 16:7
I
Ezekiel 16:46
Now your
Ezekiel 16:55-56
Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters,
Ezekiel 16:61
Then you will
Ezekiel 23:33
The cup of horror and desolation,
The cup of your sister Samaria.
Luke 19:44
John 10:16
Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in
Acts 10:1-18
Now there was a man at
Acts 15:14-17
Acts 16:9
Acts 22:21
And He said to me,
Acts 26:17-18
Romans 3:1-2
Then what
Romans 10:12-15
For
Romans 15:9-12
and for
“
And I will sing to Your name.”
Ephesians 2:12-15
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ,
Ephesians 2:19-22
So then you are no longer
1 Peter 2:12