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.
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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. Friends
KJV
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.
Word study
Many
rab H7227
waters
mayim H4325
cannot
lôʼ H3808
ʼêth H853
quench
kâbâh H3518
love,
ʼahăbâh H160
neither
lôʼ H3808
can the floods
nâhâr H5104
drown
shâṭaph H7857
it: if
ʼim H518
a man
ʼîysh H376
would give
nâthan H5414
ʼêth H853
all
kôl H3605
the substance
hôwn H1952
of his house
bayith H1004
for love,
ʼahăbâh H160
it would utterly be contemned.
bûwz H936
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