Song of Solomon 8:8-10
Lexham English Bible
Maiden’s Virtuous Chastity and Voluptuous Beauty
8 We have a little sister,[a]
and she does not yet have any breasts.[b]
What should we do for our sister
on the day when she is betrothed?[c][d]
9 If she is a wall,
we will adorn her with a turret of silver;[e][f]
but if she is a door,
we will barricade her with boards of cedar.[g]
10 I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers,
so my betrothed viewed me with great delight.[h]
Notas al pie
- Song of Solomon 8:8 Literally “a little sister for us”
- Song of Solomon 8:8 Literally “and there is no breast for her”
- Song of Solomon 8:8 Literally “on the day when it is spoken of her”
- Song of Solomon 8:8 Or “on the day when she is spoken for”
- Song of Solomon 8:9 Literally “we will build upon her a camp of silver”
- Song of Solomon 8:9 The term translated “turret” refers to the decorative parapet adorning the top of a building. This image is likely figurative for a silver tiara set upon the head
- Song of Solomon 8:9 Or “we will enclose her”
- Song of Solomon 8:10 Literally “then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace”
Song of Solomon 8:8-10
New Living Translation
The Young Woman’s Brothers
8 We have a little sister
too young to have breasts.
What will we do for our sister
if someone asks to marry her?
9 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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