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Song of Solomon 8:9

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9If she is a wall,

we will adorn her with a turret of silver;xy

but if she is a door,

we will barricade her with boards of cedar.z

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Footnotes

  1. xLiterally “we will build upon her a camp of silver”
  2. yThe term translated “turret” refers to the decorative parapet adorning the top of a building. This image is likely figurative for a silver tiara set upon the head
  3. zOr “we will enclose her”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If she is a wall,

we will build on her a battlement of silver,

but if she is a door,

we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If 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.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If she is a wall,

we will build a silver barricade on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with cedar planks.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

If she is a virgin, like a wall,

we will protect her with a silver tower.

But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door,

we will block her door with a cedar bar.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

KJV 1900King James Version

If 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.

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