Song of Solomon 8:7
Song of Solomon 8 · shown in the Douay-Rheims
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Read Song of Solomon 8:7 in the NABRE onlineMany waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.
Reflection
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. The image is of floods that could drown everything else. Love, in this verse, is the one thing that survives. If a man gave all he had for it, he would be a fool — meaning it is worth more than that.