Song of Solomon 8:6 (GNV)

Passage

Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Ierusale, that you stir not vp, nor waken my loue, vntil she please.

Song of Solomon 8:5 (Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.

Song of Solomon 8:6 Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:7 Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.

Song of Solomon 8:8 Wee haue a litle sister, and she hath no breastes: what shall we do for our sister when she shalbe spoken for?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seale", "thine", "heart", "signet", "vpon", "arme", and "loue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seale" and "thine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Who is this that commeth vp out..." into verse 7's "Much water can not quench loue neither...", so "seale" and "thine" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seale" and "thine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.