If she is a wall,
we will build a silver parapet on it.
If she is a door,
we will enclose it with cedar planks.[a](A)

10 W I am[b] a wall
and my breasts like towers.
So in his eyes I have become
like one who finds peace.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:9 Vv. 8-9 may record what the girl’s brothers used to say.
  2. Song of Solomon 8:10 Or was
  3. Song of Solomon 8:10 In Hb, the word for peace sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.

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.

She

10 I am a wall,
    and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
    like one bringing contentment.

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