Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of stones
On which are hung a thousand shields,
All the round shields of the mighty men.

King 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.

Holman Bible

Your neck is like the tower of David,
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of warriors.

International Standard Version

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the shields of the warriors.

American Standard Version

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

Amplified


“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of [glistening] stones,
Whereon hang a thousand shields,
All of them shields of warriors.

Bible in Basic English

Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.

Darby Translation

Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.

Julia Smith Translation

As the tower of David thy neck, built for the weapons; a thousand shields hung upon it, all shields of the powerful.

King James 2000

Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand shields, all shields of mighty men.

Lexham Expanded 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.

Modern King James verseion

Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with bulwarks, whereupon there hang a thousand shields; yea, all the weapons of the giants.

NET Bible

Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it -- all shields of valiant warriors.

New Heart English Bible

Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.

The Emphasized Bible

Like the tower of David, is thy neck, built for war, - A thousand shields, hung thereon, all, equipment of heroes:

Webster

Thy neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

World English Bible

Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.

Youngs Literal Translation

As the tower of David is thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צוּארה צוּרן צוּר צוּאר 
Tsavva'r 
Usage: 43

is like the tower
מגדּלה מגדּל 
Migdal 
Usage: 50

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

תּלפּיּה 
Talpiyah 
Usage: 1

תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

מגנּה מגן 
Magen 
Usage: 63

שׁלט 
Shelet 
Usage: 7

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Groom's Praise Of His Bride

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is lovely; thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 “Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of stones
On which are hung a thousand shields,
All the round shields of the mighty men.
5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which are fed among the lilies.

Cross References

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Nehemiah 3:19

And next to him Ezer, the son of Jeshua, prince of Mizpah, restored another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

2 Samuel 1:21

Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you nor fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 22:51

He who makes great the saving health of his king and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for ever.

2 Chronicles 9:15-16

And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to each buckler.

2 Chronicles 12:9-11

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took it all; he also carried away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

Song of Songs 1:10

Thy cheeks are beautiful between the earrings, thy neck between the necklaces.

Ezekiel 27:10-11

Those of Persia and of Lud and of Africa were in thine army, thy men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in thee; they extolled thy beauty.

Ephesians 4:15-16

but following the truth in charity, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, fed and united by its joints and bonds, grows in the increase of God.

1 Peter 1:5

who are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.

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