Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
(A)If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.

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Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[a] would be utterly scorned.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he