Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְכַבֹּ֣ות אֶת־הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה וּנְהָרֹ֖ות לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ

Song of Solomon 8:7

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Nature of love Love

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 8:7).

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Sextus Propertius
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

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Apostle Paul

Acts 17:28

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Source
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Language
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Time
62 60s 1st century
Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:28).

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 40:8).

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Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.