Song of Solomon 8:9

Song of Solomon chapter 8 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Context

v.8We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

v.9This passage

v.10I am a wall, and my breasts like the towersthereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 14:27

    And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

  • Zechariah 6:12

    and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah;

  • 1 Kings 6:15

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  • Acts 15:16

    After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:

  • Song of Solomon 2:9

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

  • Isaiah 58:12

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.