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Song of Solomon 4:4

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4Your neck is like the towerz of David,

built with courses of stonea;

on it hang a thousand shields,a

all of them shields of warriors.

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Footnotes

  1. aThe meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Cross references

  1. zSee Ps 144:12
  2. aEze 27:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Your neck is like the tower of David,

built in rows of stone;

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of warriors.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your neck is like the tower of David,

constructed in layers.

A thousand shields are hung on it—

all of them shields of warriors.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David,

jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your neck is like the tower of David,

built in courses;

a thousand ornaments are hung on it,

all the shields of the warriors.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thy neck is like the tower of David

Builded for an armoury,

Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.