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.


In Context

6 Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

7 Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down — they tread upon it.

8 We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

9 If 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.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.

11 Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;

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 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