Song of Solomon 8:1

English Standard Version

1 Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me. 

New International Version

1 If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no-one would despise me. 

New International Reader’s Version

1 ‘I wish you were like a brother to me. I wish my mother’s breasts had fed you. Then if I found you outside, I could kiss you. No one would look down on me. 

King James Version

1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. 

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