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# General Information:
The young woman continues to speak to the man.
# Surging waters cannot quench love
Love is so strong that it is like a fire that is so hot that it cannot be put out even with an ocean full of water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# Surging waters
"Oceans of water" or "Huge amounts of water"
# cannot quench
"cannot extinguish" or "cannot put out"
# nor can floods sweep it away
Love never changes and always stays the same so it is like something that not even a powerful flood can move. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# floods
In Israel, water from the rain flows into deep and narrow valleys. This creates a flood of water so powerful that it can move huge boulders and trees.
# sweep it away
"carry it away" or "wash it away"
# If a man gave ... the offer would be utterly despised
Love is so valuable that even all a man's possessions would not be enough to buy love. Some versions translate this as "Even if a man ... he would be utterly despised."
# gave
offered to give
# all the possessions in his house
"everything he owns"
# for love
"in order to get love" or "in order to buy love"
# the offer would be utterly despised
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "people would completely despise it" or "people would harshly ridicule him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])