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Song of Solomon 8:9

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.

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Song of Solomon 8:9 in other translations

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.

Song of Solomon 8:9 · American Standard Version

Song of Solomon 8:9 in context

  1. 7Many waters can’t quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
    If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,
    he would be utterly scorned.
  2. 8We have a little sister.
    She has no breasts.
    What shall we do for our sister
    in the day when she is to be spoken for?
  3. 9If 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.
  4. 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers,
    then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
  5. 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.
    He leased out the vineyard to keepers.
    Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.