Song of Songs 8:9-11

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⁹If she is a wall,
we will build a silver barricade on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with cedar planks.^(A)

Woman

¹⁰I am^[a] a wall
and my breasts like towers.
So to him I have become
like one who finds^[b] peace.^[c]

¹¹Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.^(B)
He leased the vineyard to tenants.^(C)
Each was to bring for his fruit
one thousand pieces of silver.^(D)

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Footnotes

8:10 Or was
8:10 Or brings
8:10 In Hb, the word for peace sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.

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