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 “Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
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 “Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.


Cross References

Song of Songs 7:4

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.

Nehemiah 3:19

Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa,
Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings;
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 22:51

He is a tower of deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.”

2 Chronicles 9:15-16

King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

2 Chronicles 12:9-11

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.

Song of Songs 1:10

“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of beads.”

Ezekiel 27:10-11

Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.

Ephesians 4:15-16

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

1 Peter 1:5

who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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