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.


In Context

6 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

7 Many 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.

8 Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to?

9 If 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.

10 I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.

11 The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof 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 American Standard 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 inclose her with boards of 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.