Song of Solomon 8:8 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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?

Song of Solomon 8:9 If shee be a wall, we will builde vpon her a siluer palace: and if she be a doore, we wil keepe her in with bordes of cedar.

Song of Solomon 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts are as towres: then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "litle", "sister", "hath", "breastes", "shall", and "shalbe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "litle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Much water can not quench loue neither..." into verse 9's "If shee be a wall we will...", so "haue" and "litle" 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 "haue" and "litle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.