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Song of Solomon 8:9–10

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She’s a virgin and vulnerable,

and we’ll protect her.

If they think she’s a wall, we’ll top it with barbed wire.

If they think she’s a door, we’ll barricade it.”

10Dear brothers, I’m a walled-in virgin still,

but my breasts are full—

And when my lover sees me,

he knows he’ll soon be satisfied.

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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.

I was a wall,

and my breasts were like towers;

then I was in his eyes

as one who finds peace.

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.

I am a wall,

and my breasts are like towers.

Thus I have become in his eyes

like one bringing contentment.

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.

I am a wall

and my breasts like towers.

So to him I have become

like one who finds peace.

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.

I was a virgin, like a wall;

now my breasts are like towers.

When my lover looks at me,

he is delighted with what he sees.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If she is a wall,

we will adorn her with a turret of silver;

but if she is a door,

we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers,

so my betrothed viewed me with great delight.

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.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers:

Then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.