Song of Songs 8:7
Many waters be not able to quench charity, neither floods shall oppress it. Though a man give all the chattel of his house for love, he shall despise, or reckon it, as nought.This verse in the real world
In what words
- בּוּזbûwzto disrespect
- כָּבָהkâbâhto expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
- הוֹןhôwnwealth; by implication, enough
- שָׁטַףshâṭaphto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- אַהֲבָהʼahăbâh{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- יָכֹלyâkôlto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- רַבrababundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 6:35, Pro 6:31, Isa 43:2, Rom 13:8–10, Mat 7:24–25, Rom 8:28–39