Song of Solomon 8:10
8 We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12 But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
- KJV
- I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
- WEB
- I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
- ASV
- I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers [thereof] Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
- DARBY
- I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
- BLB
- I [am] a wall, and my breasts [are] like towers. Then I have become in his eyes like one finding peace.
- ÅB
- Jeg var en mur, og mine bryster som tårner; da vant jeg yndest for hans øyne og fikk fred.
- OTB
- Jeg var en mur, og min skikkelse var som tårn; Da ble jeg i hans øyne Som en som finner fred.
- B1930
- Jeg var en mur, og mine bryster som tårner; da vant jeg yndest for hans øine og fikk fred.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 60:10
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:7
I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
Read in contextLuke 1:30
So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:7–8
Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
Read in contextEphesians 1:6
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Read in contextProverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:16
But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Read in contextGenesis 6:8
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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