4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with elegance ; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.


In Context

1 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone.

3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.

4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with elegance ; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies.

6 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense.

Song of Solomon 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all the shields of the mighty men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4As the tower of David is thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, where on there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.