Song of Songs 8:4

JPS-1917

הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם מַה־תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה־תְּעֹ֥רְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ {ס}        

’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, Until it please?’

— Song of Songs 8:4, JPS 1917

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Song of Songs 8:4, JPS 1917.

Other Translations

KOREN

I charge you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, that you stir not up, nor awaken my love, until it please.

MASORETIC

הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם מַה־תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה־תְּעֹ֥רְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ {ס}