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.


In Context

6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it 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 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.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it 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 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 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.