9If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.


In Context

6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

7 Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

8 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

9 If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9If she [be] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [be] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9If she be a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards or cedar.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.