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


In Context

6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

7 Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends

8 We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

9 If 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

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

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 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 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.