Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood.
New American Standard Bible
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
we will build a silver parapet on it.
If she is a door,
we will enclose it with cedar planks.
International Standard Version
If she's a wall, on her we will build a battlement of silver. If she's a door, we will enclose her with planks of cedar.
A Conservative Version
If she is a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver. And if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“If she is a wall (discreet, womanly),
We will build on her a turret (dowry) of silver;
But if she is a door (bold, flirtatious),
We will enclose her with planks of cedar.”
Darby Translation
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Julia Smith Translation
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a fortress of silver: and if she is a door we will bind upon her a tablet of cedar.
King James 2000
If she is a wall, we will build upon her towers of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If she [is] a wall, {we will adorn her with a turret of silver}; but if she [is] a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.
Modern King James verseion
If she is a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver; and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If she be a wall, we shall build a silver bulwark thereupon: if she be an open door, we shall fasten her with boards of Cedar tree.
NET Bible
If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.
New Heart English Bible
If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
The Emphasized Bible
If, a wall, she is, we will build upon it a battlement of silver, - but if, a door, she is, we will close it up with a plank of cedar.
Webster
If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
World English Bible
If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved
Youngs Literal Translation
If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.
Themes
Palaces » Illustrative of » The splendor of the church
Walls » Illustrative » Of the church as a protection to the nation
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Virtuous Chastity And Voluptuous Beauty
8 We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man? 9 If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 6:15
The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.
Song of Songs 2:9
My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
Isaiah 58:12
And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
Isaiah 60:17
In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.
Isaiah 61:4
And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.
Zechariah 6:12-15
And say to him, These are the words of the Lord of armies: See, the man whose name is the Branch, under whom there will be fertile growth.
Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Acts 14:27
And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 15:16
After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:
1 Corinthians 3:10-12
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
Ephesians 2:20-22
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Revelation 21:12-19
She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.