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We have a little sister,
    and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister,
    on the day when she is spoken for?(A)
If she is a wall,
    we will build upon her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
    we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
10 I was a wall,
    and my breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
    as one who brings[a] peace.

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  1. 8.10 Or finds

The Brothers. . .Decorated With Silver

The Brothers

We have a little sister.
She has no breasts.
What shall we make for our sister
    on the day she is spoken for?
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.

My Own Vineyard

The Woman

10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
    like one who delivers contentment.

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