Song of Songs 8:7 (WEB)
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.
Catechism · 1
“Tradition has always seen in the Song of Solomon a unique expression of human love, a pure reflection of God's love - a love "strong as death" that "many waters cannot quench."” — Catechism footnote: Song 8:6-7.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Many waters quench not love, neither do rivers drown it; He was dead whom they sought, yet was not the hope of the Resurrection quenched.” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 7.
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Jerome
“And then, strengthened in body as well as in mind, you, too, will cry aloud and say: “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.”” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 7.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §1611.
Cited together in Catechism §1611.
Cited together in Catechism §1611.
Cited together in Catechism §1611.
Cited together in Catechism §1611.