Bible study · Song of Solomon 8:1-14
Song of Solomon 8: Love is strong as death
Read Song of Solomon 8:1-14 before you meet.
In a few lines
Right after the last charge not to awaken love (8:4), the next verse has "Under the apple tree I awakened you" (8:5), with the same Hebrew verb. And the Song's last two verses speak first to a woman and then to a man, ending with "Come away, my beloved!" (8:14), whose likeness of a gazelle on the mountains shares its Hebrew words with 2:17.
The verse to carry
“Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.”
Song of Solomon 8:7
To talk about
1. "for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol" (8:6). Why do you think the Song sets love beside death and Sheol to say how strong it is?
2. "Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned" (8:7). What do you think 8:7 is saying about love and wealth?
3. The Song ends, "Come away, my beloved!" (8:14). Now that you have read all eight chapters, which of the Song's words about love would you want your group to remember, and why?