Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Built
On which are
All the round
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
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of 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.
Themes
Armory » A place for the storage of armor
military Arms » For sieges: » Armories built for
Shields » In times of peace were hung up in towers of armories
Towers » Illustrative of » The grace and dignity of the church
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Groom's Praise Of His Bride
3 Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate. 4 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. 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 7:4
Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon, beside the gate of Beth-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which faces Damascus.
Nehemiah 3:19
Next to him Jeshua's son Ezer, ruling official of Mizpah, repaired another section near the ascent to the armory at the Angle.
2 Samuel 1:21
Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain fall on you, and may none of your fields be filled with plenty, because in that place the shield of the valiant ones was defiled, the shield of Saul without an anointing with oil.
2 Samuel 22:51
Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.
2 Chronicles 9:15-16
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, overlaying each shield with the gold from 600 gold pieces,
2 Chronicles 12:9-11
So King Shishak of Egypt invaded Jerusalem and looted the treasure stores in the LORD's Temple and in the royal palace. He took everything, including the golden shields that Solomon had made.
Song of Songs 1:10
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Ezekiel 27:10-11
"Soldiers from Persia, Lud, and Libya, served in your army. They were your mighty soldiers. Their helmets and shields adorned your barracks walls, and they won battle decorations for you.
Ephesians 4:15-16
Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah,
Colossians 2:19
He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.
1 Peter 1:5
Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.