Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV)

Passage

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Song of Solomon 8:8 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?

Song of Solomon 8:9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "waters", "quench", "love", "neither", "floods", "drown", "give", and "substance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "waters" and "quench", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Set me as a seal upon thine..." into verse 8's "We have a little sister and she...", so "waters" and "quench" 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 "waters" and "quench" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.