If she is a wall,
we will build a silver barricade on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with cedar planks.(A)

Woman

10 I am[a] a wall
and my breasts like towers.
So to him I have become
like one who finds[b] peace.[c]

11 Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.(B)
He leased the vineyard to tenants.(C)
Each was to bring for his fruit
one thousand pieces of silver.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:10 Or was
  2. 8:10 Or brings
  3. 8:10 In Hb, the word for peace sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.

If she is a wall,
    we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
    we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

She

10 I am a wall,
    and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
    like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard(A) in Baal Hamon;
    he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
    a thousand shekels[a](B) of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12