Final Advice

Others

We have a little sister,
    and she (A)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
    on the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
    we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
    we will enclose her with (B)boards of cedar.

She

10 (C)I was a wall,
    and my (D)breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
    as one who finds[a] peace.

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Notas al pie

  1. Song of Solomon 8:10 Or brings out

The Young Woman’s Brothers

We have a little sister
    too young to have breasts.
What will we do for our sister
    if someone asks to marry her?
If she is a virgin, like a wall,
    we will protect her with a silver tower.
But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door,
    we will block her door with a cedar bar.

Young Woman

10 I was a virgin, like a wall;
    now my breasts are like towers.
When my lover looks at me,
    he is delighted with what he sees.

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